Quotes About Manipulation

It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.

It is a war built on lies that has fanned the flames of international terrorism

Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object

Fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe.

The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is being attacked, and every man will be glad of these conscience-soothing falsities

I think Charles Manson was a hair's breath away from just being a terrorist. He wanted to start a war, too.

Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells.

A politician normally prospers under democracy in proportion ... as he excels in the invention of imaginary perils and imaginary defenses against them.

The attack on the truth by war begins long before war starts and continues long after a war ends.

Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest.

A time-tested political tactic guaranteed to raise a president's popularity rating by at least 30 points. It is especially useful during election years and economic downturns.

Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.

When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded, Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed, Everybody knows that the war is over, Everybody knows the good guys lost.

there couldn't be war, unless lies were believed. War has to be nourished by lies.

When I started out, it was considered very wrong to change an image. There were scandals if someone inserted a sky into a war picture or something. Now it's all about that.

The importance of fear as a factor in war-making cannot be overlooked, and can hardly be overestimated. Any politician can play on panic when he wishes to stampede a people into war.

Never was so much false arithmetic employed on any subject, as that which has been employed to persuade nations that it is in their interest to go to war.

The closer one gets to elections or wars, the further one gets from the truth.

When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods that the war is happening.

Yes, there are plenty of politicians who are liars, there is no doubt about this! But some of them are not only liars but also serial killers because they deliberately send people to the wars!

In war, the first casualty is truth.

Pretend you are a foolish to the tyrant – because if he realizes you are a genius, he might use you to harm others.

The more we're thrown into conflict with each other through engineered distrust, the less able we are to unite against those responsible.