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Include yourself in any reproof.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
Shout praise and whisper criticism.
The skilful disputant well knows that he never has his enemy at more advantage than when, by allowing the premises, he shows him arguing wrong from his own principles.
Reform, that we may preserve.
My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable them to question and reexamine their beliefs. My hope is, that my work provokes people to look at things in a new way.
When we expose the lie, the enemy's power is broken. Often
TRUST ADJUST
An act that changes perception can elevate or lower integrity
Conflict manipulation is the favored strategy of people who incessantly worry about failure, of managers who excel at motivational chats that point out the highly unpleasant consequences if the company's goals are not achieved, and of social movements that attempt to mobilize people through fear.
We begin the path toward defeating Mexico's real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to corruption as a system and impunity as conviction. That adversary is Pena Nieto and his party.
Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.
Fail to Succeed!
Nothing is so capable of overturning a good intention as to show a distrust of it; to be suspected for an enemy, is often sufficient to make a person become one ...
Satirists [10w]
I do best what satirists have always done ~
make enemies.
We are betrayed by what is false within
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
Whilst some people inspire, others conspire!
Every time you think you weaken the nation.
The most subversive people are those who ask questions.
Pretend to be weak, so your enemy may grow arrogant.
In order to destroy this system which we so much detest we are creating conditions over here which run contrary to our dearest p-principles.
The best way to discredit something is to come with a better way of doing that thing.
Look hard for ways to make little moves against destructiveness.
The secret to unseating great power, is not to move the other direction, but to compete directly against their goals.
I can counterfeit the deep tragedian;
Speak and look back, and pry on every side,
Tremble and start, at wagging of a straw,
Intending deep suspicion.
My job is to be your loyal opposition.
Problems worthy of attacks, prove their worth by hitting back
Ours is a problem in which deception has become organized and strong; where truth is poisoned at its source; one in which the skill of the shrewdest brains is devoted to misleading a bewildered people.
Speak truth to power.
When trust is lost, a nation's ability to transact business is palpably undermined.
Political art - not always a contradiction in terms - can destroy institutions, or eat away at them.
Facts are subversive
The Hack is the action you take to expose, jam, complicate, disrupt, or otherwise point out the crack to the organization.
Challenge authority; the authority of your own rational convictions.
What you fight weakens you; what you cooperate with strengthens you.
If one is seeking reasons for disloyalty, it is useful to find something one can resent.
Whence we may draw the general axiom, which never or rarely errs, that he who is the cause of another's greatness is himself undone, since he must work either by address or force, each of which excites distrust in the person raised to power.
Make your enemy afraid, for it is impossible to remain quiet about their moral offences.
We may employ artifice to deceive a rival, anything against our enemies.
(The enemy) laughs at your attempts to fix your own issues with timely words and hard work - tactics that might affect matters for a moment but can't begin to touch his underhanded, cunning efforts down where the root issues lie.
We can follow the example of those who remembered that the role of an activist is not to navigate systems of oppressive power with as much integrity as possible, but rather to confront and take down those systems.
Contradiction is the salt which keeps truth from corruption
LIFE IS SUBVERSIVE
The powers and principalities would hold less sway over our lives if we refused to collaborate with them. But refusal is risky, so we deny our own truth, take up lives of "self-impersonation," and betray our identities.2
So at most companies, an unspoken compact emerges: It's okay to be ambitious, but if you play too rough, your peers will unite against you. On the other hand, if you focus on boosting your own department, rather than undermining your rival, you'll probably get taken care of over time.
Understate and over-prove.
Cheat, defeat, repeat.
The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of the people, and exciting their jealousies and apprehensions, to throw affairs into confusion, and bring on civil commotion.
Foolishly play with the fires of rumor, only to risk being burned by its treacherous flames.
Raise your thoughts so high that ignorance cannot reach them.
We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.
Dissimulation, even the most innocent in its nature, is ever productive of embarrassment; whether the design is evil or not artifice is always dangerous and almost inevitably disgraceful.
Compromise is the door through which deception enters.
Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!
The art of opposition and of revolution is to unsettle established customs, sounding them even to their source, to point out their want of authority and justice.
The weak can often become strong in the hands of the unscrupulous.
For the rival candidate, an effort must be made to destroy his chance by establishing by dint of affirmation, repetition, and contagion that he is an arrant scoundrel, and that it is a matter of common knowledge that he has been guilty of several crimes.
Interest yourself in public affairs as a duty of citizenship, but do not surrender your faith to those who discredit and debase politics by scoffing at sentiment and principle, and whose political activity consists in attempts to gain popular support by cunning devices and shrewd manipulation.
Today, cultural and legal changes mean that individuals expect and demand a voice in decisions that affect their lives and often they have the power to undermine those decisions if they aren't allow their voice.
I am without illusions; what would the Senate do with me, an inexperienced legislator who lacks the faculty of self-deception, essential requisite for wanting to guide others?
Procrastination threatens critics' livelihood.
Disrupting yourself is critical to avoiding stagnation, being overtaken by low-end entrants (i.e., younger, smarter, faster workers), and fast-tracking your personal and career growth.
I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them
You can't answer violence with counter violence ... The answer is love. The best sabotage is love.
Steal what works, fix what's broke, fake the rest.
liars ultimately destroy the things they lie to protect, and corruption, ambition, and betrayal inevitably betray themselves, as well.
Honesty is the most subversive of all disguises,
Integrity is a high rock above which the stormy ocean of worldly troubles cannot rise.
Why are you attracted to self-sabotage? I
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Conquer a liar with truth.
When people who are seeking change start out, they are driven by commitment to a cause. But as internecine power struggles take over, one-time idealists fall prey to corruption. They become just as corrupt and manipulative as the system that they want to overthrow.
Builders build.
Destroyers come behind builders to destroy their works.
They cannot.
The legacy is already planted.
Do what others cannot do and change what others are not in a position to change
Power does not corrupt; it merely elevates the degree in which something is done that has already been pursued.
Action is an attempt to substitute a more satisfactory state of affairs for a less satisfactory one. We call such a willfully induced alteration an exchange.
Humiliate the reason and distort the soul.
All who oppose me must be broken!
vulnerability is a guardian of integrity
Sabotage is like, so satisfying.
Dissembling profiteth nothing; a feigned countenance, and slightly forged externally, deceiveth but very few.
Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories ...
we humans often can't see through the cultural baggage that inspires us to work against our best interests. Without thinking through the consequences, we undermine ourselves by handing our power over to others. I
The attackers are the people with bold, innovative ideas, who are trying to disrupt the status quo, and usher in a better way. We need to think out of the box, and be curious, and be willing to take risks.
Degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL
Direct attacks were foolhardy. The circumspect survived. And the deceitful prevailed.
Learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.
He who has a mind to do mischief will always find a pretense.
The throbbing habits of assumption tinted with malice lead to decisions and actions that drum out faith, trust and respect towards a crashing carelessness and uselessness. Be effective by discarding sneaking suspicions.
armed with the discourse of counter-ideology.
Whatever I fight weakens me. Whatever I cooperate with strengthens me.
Dare to question.
Mischief Managed.
Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy contest for superiority be crowned with honour, if not with success.
Loyalty in a critic is corruption.
Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others.
Deceit dispels the boredom of the Absolute.
I will fight against the division politics of revenge and retribution. If you put me to work for you, I will work to lift people up, not put them down.
mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy