“Fortune seized at the right moment gives victory.”
Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800) Russian military commander
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“The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him is when he is alone in the mass.”
Jacques Ellul book Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes
Vintage, p. 9
Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes (1965)
Context: The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him is when he is alone in the mass. It is at this point that propaganda can be most effective.
“Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.”
José Martí (1853–1895) Poet, writer, Cuban nationalist leader
As quoted in Inside the Monster : Writings on the United States and American Imperialism (1975) by José Martí, as translated by Elinor Randall, p. 27
“A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong.”
Michael Faraday (1791–1867) English scientist
“The "rights of man" are the right of the less voracious to restrain those who are more so.”
Samuel Palmer (1805–1881) British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker
Letter to the Rev. J.P. Wright (1879), from The Life and letters of Samuel Palmer, Painter and Etcher (AH Palmer, London, 1892)
