A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People fight harder to protect what they own than to defend abstract rights.
- In plain terms
- Men fight more for interests than rights.
- What can you take from it?
- Protect interests to mobilize people.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What drives people to fight?
- Are rights less powerful than interests?
Another view
Ideals can sometimes motivate people more than material gains.
More from Napoleon Bonaparte
A man does not have himself killed for a half-pence a day or for a petty distinction; you must speak to the soul in order to electrify him.
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