Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution. - Robert A. Heinlein

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

I am not much interested in killing strangers. I am not opposed to the death penalty—I voted for it every time the matter came to a vote, which was frequently during the decline and fall of the United States—but in killing pour le sport I need to be emotionally involved. Oh, forced to a choice I would rather shoot a man than a deer; I can’t see the “sport” and shooting a gentle vegetarian that can’t shoot back.
But, given full choice, I would rather watch television than kill a stranger. Some, at least.

The slickest way in the world to lie is to tell the right amount of truth at the right time-and then shut up.