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

Robert A Heinlein (1907 CE-1988 CE), Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction, and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction.