You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man with logic.
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988), “…one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of science fiction of the 20th Century” [WikiQuote]. From, Revolt in 2100/Methuselah’s Children (1998). (Thanks to Bob Coffin and Mike Halley for the original post)