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The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of… — Steven Biko
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion. — Everett Dirksen
A growing number of respectable scientists are defecting from the evolutionist camp.....moreover, for the most part these "experts" have abandoned Darwinism, not on the basis… — Wolfgang Smith
Every time a message seems to grab us, and we think, 'I just might try it,' we are at the nexus of choice and persuasion… — Andrew Hacker
In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Such displays of the Australian spirit engender pride, regardless of background, religion and political persuasion. They are unifying... This spirit of leadership should be reflected… — Unknown Author
Personally I do not resort to force- not even the force of law- to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all… — Rutherford B. Hayes
No government by experts in which the masses do not have the chance to inform the experts as to their needs can be anything but… — John Dewey
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… — Aberjhani
A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. — Mark Twain
[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect. — George Washington
Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter. — Joe Abercrombie
The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by… — Nadine Gordimer
Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or persuasion, they have to be… — George Bernard Shaw
Now that our troops are mired in a dangerous effort to defeat the insurgency and are also trying to help rebuild the country, Americans of… — Harry Reid
Thus rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong ... And so the… — Plato
Presentations are the most amazing persuasion tool available in organizations today — Nancy Duarte
The problem with breaking up with someone, if you are a little unsure — and so often, people are unsure — is that breaking up… — Adam Thirlwell
The only roads of enquiry there are to think of: one, that it is and that it is not possible for it not to be,… — Parmenides
I have learned nothing in twenty years that would suggest that evil people can be rapidly influenced by any means other than raw power. They… — M. Scott Peck
The peace and joy of the Christmas season was marred by a proclamation of a general strike of all the military forces of the world.… — Isaac Asimov
It's much easier to be convincing if you care about your topic. Figure out what's important to you about your message and speak from the… — Nicholas Boothman
The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion. — Thomas B. Macaulay
We must each find our separate meaning in the persuasion of our days until we meet in the meaning of the world. — Christopher Fry
First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn… — Huston Smith

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