“It was one of the oldest tricks of mob-management: give them a hate figure.”
Source: Redemption Ark (2002), Chapter 4 (p. 66)
“Time continued to pass - the oldest trick in the world, and maybe the only one that really is magic.”
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Stephen King
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Different Seasons
Source: Different Seasons
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