Quotes About Manipulation

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.

What good fortune for those in power that people do not think.

Jede Propaganda hat volkstümlich zu sein und hat sich auf das Verständnis der am wenigsten intelligente dieser Platz, den sie zu erreichen sucht which means All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.

Le Jeuden, des Dreugen, Au Frauden

What luck for rulers that men do not think.

World deception growing apace.

T]he Jew will surely raise a tremendous cry in his newspapers, if a hand is laid on his favorite nest, if a move is made to end this press mischief, and if this tool of education is brought under state control and no longer left in the hands of aliens and enemies of the people... A 30-cm shell hisses louder than a thousand Jewish newspaper vipers--so let them hiss!

È più facile ingannare le masse con una fandonia esagerata che con una piccola bugia.

the general run of politicians will always eschew those schemes for the future which are really difficult to put into practice; and they will practise this avoidance so that they may not lose the immediate favour of the mob. The importance and the success of such politicians belong exclusively to the present and will be of no consequence for the future. But that does not worry small-minded people; they are quite content with momentary results.

Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death

La psicologia della massa non è adatta alle mezze verità. Come la dona, così anche la massa cede al padrone piuttosto che al supplice

Hiç ÅŸüphe yok ki, her zaman birtak?m vicdandan yoksun kimseler bulunur. Böyle kimseler ayn? zamanda dini kendi karanl?k siyasi görüÅŸlerine alet ederler.

I am of the opinion that there is nothing which has been produced by the will of man which cannot in its turn be altered by another human will.

Toda propaganda debe ser popular, adoptando su nivel intelectual a la capacidad respectiva del menos inteligente de los individuos a quienes se desee que vaya dirigida. De esta suerte, es menester que la elevación mental sea tanto menor cuanto más grande sea la masa que deba conquistar.

At first I was quite surprised when I realized how little time was necessary for this great evil power within the state to produce a certain belief among the public. In doing so, the genuine will and convictions of the public were often completely misconstrued. It took the press only a few days to transform some ridiculously trivial matter into an issue of national importance-while vital problems were completely ignored or hidden away from public view.

Se uma doutrina que encerrasse mais inveracidade ao lado de idêntica brutalidade na propaganda, fosse oposta a social-democracia, triunfaria do mesmo modo, por mais áspera que fosse a luta.

He aquí por qué esta forma de democracia llegó a convertirse también en el instrumento de aquella raza cuyos íntimos propósitos, ahora y siempre, temerán mostrarse a la luz del día. Sólo el judío puede ensalzar una institución que es sucia y falaz como él mismo.

Only the Jew knew that by an able and persistent use of propaganda heaven itself can be presented to the people as if it were hell and, vice versa, the most miserable kind of life can be presented as if it were paradise. The Jew knew this and acted accordingly. But the German, or rather his Government, did not have the slightest suspicion of it. During the War the heaviest of penalties had to be paid for that ignorance. -- Mein Kampf , Chapter 10

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell -- and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed.

When relationships are determined by manipulation, by the need for control, they may possess a dreary, bickering kind of drama, but they cease to be interesting. They are repetitious; the shock of human possibilities has ceased to reverberate through them.

There is nothing North Americans seem to fear so much as manipulation, probably because at some level we know that we belong to a deeply manipulative system.

I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate.