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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing…

— Tariq Ramadan

When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.

— John Mellencamp

A successful politician must not only be able to read the mood of the public, he must have the skill to get the public…

— Jean Chretien

That is to say, politics is essentially about the management of fear, an economy of fear, continually adjusting the level of fear to produce…

— Simon Critchley

The importance of fear as a factor in war-making cannot be overlooked, and can hardly be overestimated. Any politician can play on panic when…

— Maude Royden

I never fear famous politicians, never fear the big parties, I only fear the people do not understand.

— Khem Veasna

Fear is the politicians dance partner.

— Penn Jillette

Fear is being used by the political class as an excuse to accumulate more power and self-importance - and collect a lot more taxes…

— Doug Casey

The politician is the creature of the public sentiment -- never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .

— Lucy Stone

To enable consensus politics to develop we need to empower people where they live. This means devolving financial resources and political power down to…

— Mairead Corrigan

Here is a truism about the psychology of politicians: there is almost nothing so soul-definingly traumatic for them as losing an election. You believe…

— Rick Perlstein