The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
It is not possible to redefine marriage. Marriage is the union between a man and a woman, has been historically, remains so.… — Roger Gale Copy Share Image
“Persuasion may play a part in a man's conversion; but only the part of bringing to its full and conscious climax a… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience,… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
“All great people had critics but they still believe in the beauty of their dreams, fully persuaded to stay focused and determined… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
“Well, that depends, I suppose. I heard someone once say that men dance the same way they have sex. So, if you… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced the majority… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Americans born since World War II have grown up in a media-saturated environment. From childhood, we have developed a sort of advertising… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I see no reason to believe that the Vietnamese Communist Party will lose control over the reins of power in Vietnam. There… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity, since it has such a remembrance… — Cato the Younger Copy Share Image
Are you fleeing from Love because of a single humiliation? What do you know of Love except the name? Love has a… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Obey; this may be right; but beware of reverence… Government is nothing but regulated force; force is its appropriate claim upon your… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
“She ventured to hope he did not always read only poetry; and to say, that she thought it was the misfortune of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
With intent to neither idolize nor demonize the man [Barack Obama], it seems fair and evident enough to say that the current… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
We human girls can be persuaded to do ANYTHING. Just yesterday I said I would never ever wear a tampon, and, well… — Jeanie Wilding Copy Share Image
The young mind is pliable and imitates, but in more advanced states grows rigid and must be warmed and softened before it… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
If I rule out violent anarchism, there remains pacifist, anti-nationalist, anti-capitalist, moral, and anti-democratic anarchism (i.e., that which is hostile to the… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
That all persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the one Almighty and eternal God, to be the Creator, Upholder… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Aristotle writes that persuasion is based on three things: the ethos, or personal character of the speaker; the pathos, or getting the… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
The problem with breaking up with someone, if you are a little unsure — and so often, people are unsure — is… — Adam Thirlwell Copy Share Image
“You should have distinguished,' replied Anne. 'You should not have suspected me now; the case so different, and my age so different.… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Just because they write something In this font And break apart their lines To rhyme To dramatize To imitate Doesn’t make what… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
“Persuasion is not at command; but pardon me, if I cannot even endeavour to persuade him. I have myself told him that… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Thought as such… is an act of negation, of resistance to that which is forced upon it; this is what thought has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If what the philosophers say be true, that all men's actions proceed from one source; that as they assent from a persuasion… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
No government by experts in which the masses do not have the chance to inform the experts as to their needs can… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
To square the records, however, it should be said that if the Calvinist does not rise as high, he usually stays up… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Screens provoke action instead of persuasion. Propaganda is less effective in a world of screens, because while misinformation travels as fast as… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
If the Humanists wish to be champions of reason, they should consider the following: just as they would not admit mystics into… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The world has progressed to the point where it's most powerful force is public opinion. And I believe that in this world… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
Now, it's high time for all those that have an influence on the parties with the conflict to understand that it is… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As in 1925, creationists are not battling for religion. They have been disowned by leading church men of all persuasions, for they… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“Steve's head dropped and stared at his feet. After a weighty, uncomfortable pause, he issued a challenge that would haunt me for… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
When we speak our words to God with thanksgiving and release them with the faith that our requests will be granted, we… — Donna Fargo Copy Share Image
[T]here are, at bottom, basically two ways to order social affairs, Coercively, through the mechanisms of the state - what we can… — Ed Crane Copy Share Image
“When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old… — Donald T. Phillips Copy Share Image
What has been the effect of coericion [sic]? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
![“With intent to neither idolize nor demonize the man [Barack Obama], it seems fair and evident enough to say that the current president of America is not a leader whose way is that of violent public outbursts. It appears to be more that of a warrior-philosopher who practices the art of political…” quote by Aberjhani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b09/aberjhani-1814_america_with-intent-to-neither-idolize-nor-demon_1131870.jpg)
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