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Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

Yes, I sell people things they don’t need. I can’t, however, sell them something they don’t want. Even with advertising. Even if I were of a mind to.

When executing advertising, it’s best to think of yourself as an uninvited guest in the living room of a prospect who has the magical power to make you disappear instantly.