The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

And I think there's something about conservatives frankly - and the Left, when it comes to their channels of persuasion, are unpersuasive. They are, most of them are hate-filled, obscenity-clogged rants of anger and hatred.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion.

Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical ends.

Terrorist groups and their extremist state sponsors cannot be fought with kid gloves and flowery words of persuasion. As the U.S. has displayed in Afghanistan and in Iraq, only a vigilant and determined campaign of confrontation can deter and obstruct them.

The only form of ethical persuasion that exists is when the goals of the persuader are aligned with the goals of the persuadee.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.

What is illiberal is not persuasion but imposition of one's views.

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

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

I'm not in love, but I'm open to persuasion.

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art.

I think the power of persuasion would be the greatest superpower of all time.

Most people don't have the power of persuasion.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Persuasion is clearly a sort of demonstration, since we are most fully persuaded when we consider a thing to have been demonstrated.

Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.