Quotes About Manipulation

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe the lies when they see them in print.

The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.

How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read.

Politics is what a man does in order to conceal what he is and what he himself does not know.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself.

Simply shovel everything that seems to support their view into the box marked 'Evidence' and say, ''See? Look at all this stuff. We must be right!'' Never mind the contradictions. Never mind the lack of independent supporting fact. Never mind the blatant absurdities.

He targets women who need help of some kind, then offers it to them. In the end, the only person he's helping is himself." Molly wiped away the wetness on her cheeks. "Thank you for saying that. In my heart, I know it's true. I feel like such a fool.

Okay, well, I guess we should do nominations," Pearl said finally. Jessica raised her hand. "I nominate Hailey Farmer," she said before anyone could acknowledge her. There's a big shock , Megan thought. "Okay. Hailey, do you accept the nomination?" Pearl asked. "Yes, I do," Hailey said gravely. "She totally rehearsed that," Ria said in Megan's ear.

anyone can make a desert and call it peace...

the greatest trick of kings is to fool the poor into thinking we have common cause with the rich simply because we live on the same bog. Then the poor get their heads split open in the battles they fight so the rich can keep their wine cellars well stocked.

The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance in which the female is (ideologically) pardoned for sexual activity.

The term "politics" shall refer to power-structured relationships, arrangements whereby one group of persons is controlled by another. By

Control of these fields is very eminently a matter of political power. One

History is written by the victorious, the liars, the strongest, the most determined.

You well know that if a lie is repeated often enough, in the face of the clearest evidence to the contrary, even the most level-headed of men start to believe in it. Falsehood easily becomes accepted truth.

Can you be happy with the movies, and the ads, and the clothes in the stores, and the doctors, and the eyes as you walk down the street all telling you there is something wrong with you? No. You cannot be happy. Because, you poor darling baby, you believe them.

Baloney is the lie laid on so thick you hate it. Blarney is flattery laid on so thin you love it.

Baloney is the unvarnished lie laid on so thick you hate it. Blarney is flattery laid on so thin you love it.

There. You see? You're already a pawn in her hands." She paused. "But you're not the only one. I am too. I can't escape after all. The more I want to, the more impossible it is. It's awful; it's as if my own will were paralyzed

Palaces are built on the people's bones. To tell the truth, the masses would be better off without kingdoms, which is why it takes a gifted ruler to tell just the right lies so they never realize it.

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.