Enticement Quotes



Xerxes whose troops outnumbered the Spartans many to one send a message demanding that the Spartans under Leonidas lay down their arms. With the refusal the Persians attacked and eventually killed all the 300 Spartans who had fought so brilliantly that they had killed 20,000 Persians. The battle allowed the Greeks to mobilize other troops and totally demoralized the Persians.


This proverb is particularly relevant to the legislative process where coalitions of legislators trade off support for other issues to get support on a current issue. The problem is that someone who will support you only because you offer him something, might also abandon you if the other side offers him more.