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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: A New Frontrunner For "Quote Of The Campaign" Emerges [View all]MyOwnPeace
(16,887 posts)43. Marketing 101:
"Keep your friends close - and your enemies closer."
This has often been attributed to Sun Tzu and sometimes to Niccolò Machiavelli or Petrarch, but there are no published sources yet found which predate its use by "Michael Corleone" in The Godfather Part II (1974), written by Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola: "My father taught me many things here he taught me in this room. He taught me keep your friends close but your enemies closer."
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Pic Of The Moment: A New Frontrunner For "Quote Of The Campaign" Emerges [View all]
EarlG
Apr 2016
OP
Really? You want Trump and Cruz plastered here everyday? WTF? Democrats can't market their
whereisjustice
Apr 2016
#74
And now that I think about it, even phrased as it was likely meant to sound,...
RiverNoord
Apr 2016
#32
But you don't promote your enemies in full page photos on your site every day...
whereisjustice
Apr 2016
#75
So Ted's got a thing for Lady Liberty. Now it makes sense. He talks about her all the time.
Akicita
Apr 2016
#13
I'm leaning toward 'the idiot accidentally said what really meant for once in his sad, shameful...
RiverNoord
Apr 2016
#30
I really don't understand why they pretend to hate her so much. She is a big neocon. RIP Democratic
thereismore
Apr 2016
#51