"We're going to take it right out, and it won't hurt a bit." The monitor lady lied to manipulate him into a state of peace, rather than fear. Ch. 1 pg.1
"Ender did not feel like laughing but he laughed. "You mean it takes this many of you to fight one Third?" Ender, so that it wont be a bad and unfair fight, manipulated them into it being a one on one fight by making it seem weak. Ch.1 pg.5
"But if there's a chance that because you're with the fleet, mankind might survive and the buggers might leave us alone...then i'm going to ask you to do it." Although this is true, Colonel Graff is manipulating Ender into wanting to go to Battle School so that he may perform better and try. Ch.3 Pg.18
"There's only one boy on this launch with any brains at all, and that's Ender Wiggin." Colonel Graff manipulated the boys to isolate and hate Ender by setting him up as the best. Ch.4 Pg.23
"So you beat me the first time i ever touched the game." Ender said. "If you can't do it twice, you can't do it at all." Ender manipulated the boy by making it seem like a lame win, so that the next time he can beat the older boy. Ch.5 Pg.35
"Peter was a master of flattery...Peter never fought anymore. Never bullied. Got along well with everybody. It's the old Peter, only smarter!" Peter is manipulating everybody by being kind and ceasing cruelty to conceal his efforts of power. Ch.9 Pg.89
"Val could always see what other people liked best about themselves, and flatter them...Peter, on the other hand, could only make them fear what he wanted them to fear." Valentine and Peter can both manipulate people by changing their original ideas and fear and turning them into what they want them to be. Ch.9 Pg.91
"Even if she wrote it in her own blood, it isn't the real thing because they made her write it...this was asked for, this was part of their manipulation." Graff asked Valentine to write a letter reassuring Ender, that he is not Peter, so that he may come out of his despair and work harder. Ch.9 Pg.107
"So that's why you brought me here, thought Ender. With all your hurry, that's why you took three months, to make me love Earth." Graff manipulated Ender into bringing him down to Earth so that he may love it and want to save them, and go to Commander School. Ch.13 Pg.171
"All we lack, Ender, is the battle commander...If you aren't ready, we'll make do with what we've got...Of course, Ender, what we've got right now is nobody." Although it may be true, Graff is really trying to manipulate Ender into believing that Ender, and only Ender, can save humanity. Ch.13 Pg.176