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Sara — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:40:21 +0000

In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance.
–Thomas Jefferson

Sara — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:40:11 +0000

Whoever believes anything esteems that it is a work of charity to persuade another of it.
–Michel de Montaigne

Sara — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:40:03 +0000

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sara — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:39:57 +0000

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears—by listening to them.
–Dean Rusk

Sara — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:39:49 +0000

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
–Joseph Conrad

Sara — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:39:43 +0000

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
–Thomas Jefferson

Sara — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:39:36 +0000

Laughter and tears may not persuade, but they cannot be refuted.
–Mason Cooley

Sara — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:39:29 +0000

He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.
–John Ruskin

Sara — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:39:21 +0000

The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
–Everett M. Dirksen

Sara — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:39:12 +0000

A good cause is often injured more by ill-timed efforts of its friends than by the arguments of its enemies. Persuasion, perseverance and patience are the best advocates on questions depending on the will of others.
–Thomas Jefferson