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Quotes About Manipulation

La esencia de la política es el poder; la esencia del poder es la política.
~ Moisés Naím
Power needs a captive audience.
~ Moisés Naím
Chávez gobierna desde la pantalla. Su programa se convierte en el medio perfecto para anunciarle al país sus próximas acciones, o intenciones,
~ Moisés Naím
Salvini seemed to grasp what Di Maio never did: political followers make demands on leaders, while political fans offer them the kind of unconditional support that frees them to pursue power for their own ends.
~ Moisés Naím
Blurring the lines between politics and entertainment isn't something these leaders do on a lark. They do it because it allows them to get away with behaviors that their more traditional rivals couldn't have dreamed of getting away with in the old world where the political and entertainment spheres were clearly separated.
~ Moisés Naím
Both power and influence can change the behavior of others or, more specifically, make others do something or stop them from doing it. But influence seeks to change the perception of the situation, not the situation itself.
~ Moisés Naím
el poder es aquello con lo que logramos que otros tengan conductas que, de otro modo, no habrían adoptado.
~ Moisés Naím
El poder es la capacidad de dirigir o impedir las acciones actuales o futuras de otros grupos e individuos.
~ Moisés Naím
El poder es la capacidad de dirigir o impedir las acciones actuales o futuras de otros grupos e individuos. O, dicho de otra forma, el poder es aquello con lo que logramos que otros tengan conductas que, de otro modo, no habrían adoptado.
~ Moisés Naím
Power is the ability to direct or prevent the current or future actions of other groups and individuals. Or, put differently, power is what we exercise over others that leads them to behave in ways they would not otherwise have behaved.
~ Moisés Naím
Necesitas neutralizarlos por completo y por todos los medios posibles. —Hegemonía total. El presidente toma nota de ése y de otros tantos sabios consejos—
~ Moisés Naím
is how each of them is making power easier to get and harder to use or keep.
~ Moisés Naím
C'est un parleur étrange, et qui trouve toujours L'art de ne vous rien dire avec de grands discours.
~ Moliere
No, you shall be, my faith! Tartuffified.
~ Moliere
TARTUFFE. If Heaven is all that stands now in my way, I'll easily remove that little hindrance; Your heart need not hold back for such a trifle.
~ Moliere
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
~ Moliere
That is the usual strain of all your kind; They must have every one as blind as they.
~ Moliere
C'est un méchant moyen de se faire aimer de quelqu'un que de lui faire violence.
~ Moliere
He's a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue.
~ Moliere
My Lord Jupiter knows how to sugarcoat the pill.
~ Moliere
To pull the chestnuts out of the fire with the cat's paw.
~ Moliere
He manipulated love into something perverse, confusing me about what love is, causing me to sexualize friendships and relationships, teaching me without words that I was worth. Violence would have been more honest
~ Unknown
Of course, we're there because of weapons of mass destruction that do not exist.
~ Unknown
Overcome with anger, David grabbed her other arm. Why did she have to be so stubborn? Why couldn't she see how good The Wave could be? "We can stop you, and we will!
~ Unknown