“The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.”
William Orville Douglas
“It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands”
Andre Gide
“A soft Tongue may strike hard.”
Benjamin Franklin
“There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practiced in the tricks and delusions of oratory”
Mark Twain
“I think the presentation on the White Sands Missile Range issue was a very persuasive presentation. It seemed clear to me at the time that the commissioners were listening to the testimony and were somewhat convinced by it.”
Jeff Bingaman
“Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.”
Aristotle
“Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
