"The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own for the children, and the children yet unborn.”
                                                                                         - Rod Serling

In Rod Serling's quote, I believe he is saying that in order to be in control and take over, violence such as the ones he stated, bombs and explosions, are not always needed nor the only way of conquest. Everything a person does involves them to think. People have thoughts before they do anything, whether idiotic or brilliant. But the point is that, if you have the right strategy and attitude into doing something you set your mind to, you are definitely likely to accomplish it. That is the reason why armies think of strategic plans during wars, to defeat whatever and whoever they need to in order to take control of what they wants. Another example is from the Crucible, Abigail was a liar, however she got such a great majority of the Salem behind her and the other girls. Why? Because she had already set her mind and attitude to lie, lie, lie to try and convince everyone she was right, and that she was truely bewitched. She used no violence, simply her mischievous thoughts and cold attitude.