Manipulation Quotes

"We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them." "The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power." "Intellectuals may like to imagine themselves as people who speak truth to power, but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power" "The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion" "Once again, we hear that familiar call for bipartisanship—when it’s really just a means of diverting attention from the fact that they’re demanding we bow to their values and give them power." "Any excuse will serve a tyrant" "Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices." "People want to protect their own hypocrisy; they know they have lied and manipulated, but they frame their beliefs as science." "Whoever controls the media, controls the mind" "Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience" "A truth that's told with bad intent" "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it" "If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs." "You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun" "The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool"