ما أسهل أن يُقنَع الناس بتصديق أي شيء، إذا جاء من أشخاص نالوا ثقتهم، واستطاعوا بلطفٍ ومهارة أن يمسكوا بمخاوفهم وجهلهم.

“So easy are men to be drawn to believe any thing, from such men as have gotten credit with them; and can with gentleness and dexterity take hold of their fear and ignorance.”Thomas Hobbes — The Moral and Political Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury: Never Before Collected Together : To which is Prefixed, the Author's Life, Extracted from that Said to be Written by Himself, (1750)