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241 Persuasion quotes by 190 unique authors
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Though I knew so far as Anarchism was concerned I was backing a lost cause, it didn't seem to matter as every other cause had…
— Albert Meltzer
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It is not possible to redefine marriage. Marriage is the union between a man and a woman, has been historically, remains so. It is Alice…
— Roger Gale
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I am not engaged to Christianity by decent forms, or saving ordinances; it is not usage, it is not what I do not understand, that…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I would like to flood South Africa with black personages of all sorts of persuasions: writers, educators, businessmen, you name it. If you are black…
— Arthur Ashe
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The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very freedom of opinion…
— Robert Kennedy
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The barbarian chieftain, who defended his country against the Roman invasion, driven to the remotest extremity of Britain, and stimulating his followers to battle, by…
— John Quincy Adams
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I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.
— Edward R. Murrow
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Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.
— Dennis Prager
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There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.
— Dennis Prager
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In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can…
— Donald Rumsfeld
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Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
— Friedrich Schiller
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I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what…
— Pete Seeger
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I only have disdain for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He raised taxes and has increased regulations. What else is new? He's a bully…
— Mark Skousen
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Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.
— Henry David Thoreau
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No matter what your political persuasion, you can find a guide that makes it quick, easy and painless to exercise your right to vote. Wanna…
— Steven Weber
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Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human…
— Mark Twain
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To square the records, however, it should be said that if the Calvinist does not rise as high, he usually stays up longer. He places…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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A miracle. Here's our own hands against our hearts. Come, I will have thee, but by this light I take thee for pity. Beatrice: I…
— William Shakespeare
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Will a day come when the race will detect the funniness of these juvenilities and laugh at them—and by laughing at them destroy them? For…
— Mark Twain
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We have quite the same ideas. No; I think our ideas are quite different. But he has been most pleasant.
— Oscar Wilde
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Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will. The persuasive power of an odor cannot be fended off,…
— Patrick Süskind
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To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either.
— Jane Austen
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Shigure: JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR A SECOND, KYO! Kyo: SHUT UP! I HATE THIS! DO YOU REALLY GET THAT MUCH ENJOYMENT FROM PLAYING WITH…
— Natsuki Takaya
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There are lives lived for love, and lives lived for art. We, happy band, have chosen the later persuasion.
— Clive Barker
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