"Before one may scare the plain people one must first have a firm understanding of the bugaboos that most facilely alarm them. One must study the schemes that have served to do it in the past, and one must study very carefully the technic of the chief current professionals."

Tactics, Strategy, Observation, Awareness, Understanding

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"Before one may scare the plain people one must first have a firm understanding of the bugaboos that most facilely alarm them. One must study the schemes that have served to do it in the past, and one must study very carefully the technic of the chief current professionals."

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"So long as victory can be attained, stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"I look around briefly at the other players like I always do before a game. Other than Queenie, Bill, and Talon, I don't know any of them (and I don't care enough about them to know them). But if there's going to be any cordiality, any forced politeness or 'Aw, shucks, let's all just try to have a good time here tonight' kind of blather, then now's the time to get it out of the way before I get down to the business of screwing everyone out of their hopes and dreams."

Elle Lothlorien, American Novelist

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"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Tactics, Strategy, Power, Deception, Strength

"For should the enemy strengthen his van, he will weaken his rear; should he strengthen his rear, he will weaken his van; should he strengthen his left, he will weaken his right; should he strengthen his right, he will weaken his left. If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Tactics, Strategy, Conflict, Observation, Wisdom

"Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend, march swiftly to places where you are not expected."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Tactics, Strategy, War, Surprise

"If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third."

Robert Jordan, American Author

Tactics, Strategy, Enemy, Surprise, War

"The secret to unseating great power, is not to move the other direction, but to compete directly against their goals."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Tactics, Power, Competition, Truth, Wisdom

"When in fear it is safest to force the attack."

Marcus Annaeus Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Tactics, Fear, Attack, Courage, Strategy

"This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Tactics, Enemy, Action, Violence, Revenge

"Before one may scare the plain people one must first have a firm understanding of the bugaboos that most facilely alarm them. One must study the schemes that have served to do it in the past, and one must study very carefully the technic of the chief current professionals."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Tactics, Strategy, Observation, Awareness, Understanding

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"The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence."

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"It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place."

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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

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"For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end."

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"Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable."

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"The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable."

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"All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it."

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"Most people want security in this world, not liberty."

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"No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby."

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"The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety."

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