“The purpose of formulating [a] conflict as a game is not that of resolving the conflict by 'solving the game.' It is that of displaying the structure of the conflict and thereby exposing features of it that may be concealed by rhetoric. In particular, appreciation of the peculiar structure of some of the so-called mixed - motive conflicts represented nonzero-sum games may change the conflicting parties' perception of their situation.” MayPurposeGamesPartySituationParticularConflictPerceptionStructureAppreciationFeaturesMotivePeculiarRhetoricConcealedExposing Author:Anatol Rapoport
“Party politics in modern democratic society means pandering to a wide variety of different groups and sympathizing with their often quite base motives, such as revenge, power, booty, and spoils, to maintain the necessary level of support.” MeanDifferentLevelsPartySupportGroupsModernDemocraticWideRevengeVarietyMotiveSpoilDemocratic SocietyBooty Book:Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion - Second Edition Source: Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion - Second Edition
“Men of many words sometimes argue for the sake of talking; men of ready tongues frequently dispute for the sake of victory; men in public life often debate for the sake of opposing the ruling party, or from any other motive than the love of truth.” MenSometimesPartyTalkingReadyVictorySakeTongueArguingDebateMotiveRulingControversyDisputesPublic LifeOpposing Author:George Crabbe
“When I might be on a business trip, a lot of people are partying and they may be drunk or under the influence of something that I'm not under the influence of, and that might influence their actions. I'm not even blaming them, but being in the club and not knowing what everybody's motives are, I have to take precautions damn near every week, especially when I go out of town.” PeopleMayMightActionPartyKnowingWeekInfluenceTownsBlameClubsDrunkDamnMotiveNot KnowingPrecautionBusiness Trips Author:Gucci Mane
“All secret oath-bound political parties are dangerous to any nation, no matter how pure or how patriotic the motives and principles which first bring them together.” FirstsMatterTogetherPoliticalNationsPartySecretPrinciplesDangerousPureBoundsMotivePatrioticPolitical PartiesOath Book:The Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Source: The Personal Memoirs of General U. S.