Quotes about Manipulation

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

Persuasion is better than force.

If leaders exploit public fears to herd people in directions they might not otherwise choose, then fear itself can quickly become a self-perpetuating and freewheeling force that drains national will and weakens national character, diverting attention from real threats deserving of healthy and appropriate fear and sowing confusion about the essential choices that every nation must constantly make about its future.

If you spend your life trying to please people or letting them control you, you may make them happy, but you'll miss your destiny.

I've dealt with politicians my entire life. You never make a bad deal with a politician. They're so easy.

It's spiritually deforming because fear entices us to place our faith in the person, party, or platform that promises to protect us from whatever they've convinced us we should fear.

One of Satan's most deceptive and powerful ways of defeating us is to get us to believe a lie. And the biggest lie is that there are no consequences to our own doing. Satan will give you whatever you ask for if it will lead you where he ultimately wants you.

Rhetoric, which is the use of language to inform or persuade, is very important in shaping public opinion. We are very easily fooled by language and how it is used by others.

There are no techniques in politics.

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.

Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.