Quotes About Manipulation

I guess you can get politicians out of politics, but you can't get politics out of them.

There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout.

Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, there's obviously a lot of deception.

Politicians often lie.

When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.

It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.

Politicians, it's in their job description to just lie, every day.

Politicians take something out of context to create problems.

Bishops and judges are some of the best politicians in the world. They know how to manipulate the political process.

Professional politicians will say anything, and they're always careful to leave themselves room to turn around and do the other.

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.

The politics of fear are always the same. They are easily recognisable in retrospect. They are easy to acquiesce in at the time.

Politics ruins the character.

A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents.

The lifespan of faith and culture is much more than the ones who play politics in its name.

When it comes to scaring the bourgeoisie into showing up at the polls, nothing works better than negative advertising.

Poor people are too stupid to know they're just chess pieces in a game.

I am a Justin Bieber fan, but I am also so fascinated by how weird pop music can be and how manipulated it can be, so I enjoy thinking about that side of it too. I feel bad for him. I could never imagine growing up that way.

Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.

Members of the military appear to be on this President's mind only when they serve a purpose. In Trump's case, that's popularity by association.

There are certainly more people in the business world who would score high in the psychopathic dimension than in the general population. You'll find them in any organization where, by the nature of one's position, you have power and control over other people and the opportunity to get something.

The way they control a population is by pointing at somebody else - whether they're gay, Mexican, Jewish, black - and saying, 'They are different than you. They're the reason you're in the shape you're in. You're not responsible.' And when they exonerate you through vilifying and demonizing someone else, they control you.

It's much easier to gain control over a mass population when you pit them against each other.

You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear.