Adam Kinzinger Quotes

Politics. The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.

I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

One must do things in such a way that people believe that they want it to be done this way.

You have to be a demagogue on a lot of little things if you want to be around to have your way on the big things.

Deception is the knowledge of kings.

Reagan conspired in the underestimation of his own ability.

Look at it from [Vladimir] Putin's perspective, right. He's a trained intelligence officer, worked for the KGB, very talented, manipulated people much smarter than Donald Trump. He played this perfectly, right. He saw that Donald Trump wanted to be complimented.

There's a lot of false prophets around and that's the trouble. People say they think they know what's right and other people get people to follow them because they have a certain type of charisma, and there's always people willing to take over. People want a leader. And there will be more and more of them.

People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.

History is not happenstance: it is conspiratorial. Carefully planned and executed by people in power.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game.” “What . . . what game?” “The only game. The game of thrones.” -(Littlefinger)

Deception is a developed art of civilization and the most potent weapon in the game of power

Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.

It's often said that leadership is the art of getting people to do what you want, and making them think it's what they want. This captures a lot of what Abraham Lincoln did.

Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.

When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts ... Who knows what use they’ll make of you? Maybe you’ll help them to persuade people to buy things they don’t need, or hate things they know nothing about, or hold beliefs that make them easy to handle, or doubt the truths that might save them.

Power is not a means; it is an end.

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.

Secrecy is the foundation of politics.

Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.

If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.

Tactics are manipulative.

To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title.