--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:16 PM, do.rflex wrote: > > > "People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday > > School, but it's true." > > > > -Richard M. Nixon > > Well, I'm not sure he was wrong--people *react* to fear, > while they respond to love. Corny but true. > > Or, as a famous philosopher put it, "You attract more > flies with honey than vinegar." > > Sal
I think Barry's suggestion, like Nixon's, was that using fear to manipulate people works quite well for politicians. Here's another similar lovely quote that illustrates the meaning: "Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." ~~ Hermann Goering
