--- title: "3 Cult Quotes By Rick Wilson" description: "3 Cult quotes by Rick Wilson. Plus more from Rick Wilson and more Cult sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/rick-wilson-6432_cult_part-of-the-sales-pitch-for-the-trump-ca_397393.jpg" --- > [Part of the sales pitch for the Trump campaign is their unique, esoteric secret sauce based on a rabid cult following motivated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/part-of-the-sales-pitch-for-the-trump-campaign-is-their-unique/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/rick-wilson-6432_cult_part-of-the-sales-pitch-for-the-trump-ca_397393.jpg) > [If there's one thing no one will ever mistake Ted Cruz for, it's a charismatic cult leader. Cruz scans more as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/if-there-s-one-thing-no-one-will-ever-mistake-ted-cruz-for-it-s-a/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/rick-wilson-6432_cult_if-there-s-one-thing-no-one-will-ever-mi_2447906.jpg) > [Donald Trump, like many cult leaders, understands the power his words will have over the minds and actions of his followers... but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/donald-trump-like-many-cult-leaders-understands-the-power-his-words/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37a/rick-wilson-6432_cult_donald-trump-like-many-cult-leaders-unde_2995083.jpg) ## Other authors on Cult - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cult/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-ross-79080.jpg) Rick Ross 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cult/rick-ross/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-heinemeier-hansson-27552.jpg) Michael Salter 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cult/michael-salter/) ## More by Rick Wilson > [With every product, the delta between the brand and the reality determines its power over the minds of consumers, and with Trump, that delta…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/with-every-product-the-delta-between-the-brand-and-the-reality/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [Trump devotees don't care about shrinking the size and scope of government. They don't care about the Constitution. They're not Republicans, except as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/trump-devotees-don-t-care-about-shrinking-the-size-and-scope-of/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [Democrats are holistically bad at politics. They don't know how to fight in the way Republicans do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/democrats-are-holistically-bad-at-politics-they-don-t-know-how-to/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [I'm of the philosophy that you wage a campaign of full engagement and you use every tool in the toolbox.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/i-m-of-the-philosophy-that-you-wage-a-campaign-of-full-engagement-and/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [I've knocked out any number of Democrats using ads associating them with the brand toxicity of Reid, Pelosi, and Obama, and before that Ted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/i-ve-knocked-out-any-number-of-democrats-using-ads-associating-them/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [When authority is total, so too is the madness of the man who declares it, and the potential for abuse of power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/when-authority-is-total-so-too-is-the-madness-of-the-man-who-declares/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [For Donald Trump, any opposition, either personal, ideological, or political is treason. Anyone who stands in his path betrays the Great Leader. Anyone who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/for-donald-trump-any-opposition-either-personal-ideological-or/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [FISA targets those who are 'agents of a foreign power.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/fisa-targets-those-who-are-agents-of-a-foreign-power/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [Our leaders ranged from bad to extraordinary. But through it all, the GOP was the one party even vaguely amenable to limited-government conservatism, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/our-leaders-ranged-from-bad-to-extraordinary-but-through-it-all-the/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [Barack Obama basically ran as a liberal suburban Republican.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/barack-obama-basically-ran-as-a-liberal-suburban-republican/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [Trump's 2016 effort could afford to be a shambolic circus; nothing was on the line. He never expected to win and so the rotating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/trump-s-2016-effort-could-afford-to-be-a-shambolic-circus-nothing-was/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [Donald Trump's racism is of course an ongoing feature, not a bug.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/donald-trump-s-racism-is-of-course-an-ongoing-feature-not-a-bug/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [Obama was referred to in terms so glowing, so fulsome, so toadying that it was easy to pin down the journalist class of 2008…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/obama-was-referred-to-in-terms-so-glowing-so-fulsome-so-toadying-that/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [Trump fans convinced of his strategic genius are welcome to their view, but they're wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/trump-fans-convinced-of-his-strategic-genius-are-welcome-to-their/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) > [Part of the sales pitch for the Trump campaign is their unique, esoteric secret sauce based on a rabid cult following motivated by Facebook,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/part-of-the-sales-pitch-for-the-trump-campaign-is-their-unique/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cult/rick-wilson/#itemlist", "name": "3 Cult Quotes By Rick Wilson", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Part of the sales pitch for the Trump campaign is their unique, esoteric secret sauce based on a rabid cult following motivated by Facebook, Twitter, and other social media manipulation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rick Wilson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/part-of-the-sales-pitch-for-the-trump-campaign-is-their-unique/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/rick-wilson-6432_cult_part-of-the-sales-pitch-for-the-trump-ca_397393.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/rick-wilson-6432_cult_part-of-the-sales-pitch-for-the-trump-ca_397393.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/rick-wilson-6432_cult_part-of-the-sales-pitch-for-the-trump-ca_397393.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Part of the sales pitch for the Trump campaign is their unique, esoteric secret sauce based on a rabid cult…” — Rick Wilson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If there's one thing no one will ever mistake Ted Cruz for, it's a charismatic cult leader. 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