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Persuasion Quotes

"It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea."

"Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself, believe."

"When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it"

"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people’s minds"

"Arguments are to be avoided they are always vulgar and often convincing"

"All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically"

"Ideas are not susceptible to the force of bayonets "

"The best way to get information from people is to make them think you already know it"

"If you want power, at some point you will have to convince some humans to trust you"

"The tongue is mightier than the blade"

"The very fact that the left seems to have no alternative to their failed policies—other than the notion that, since people were not persuaded by their arguments, those arguments must be repeated in a louder voice—suggests a cognitive dissonance that defies logic"

"The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist"

"Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question"

"There is no sale without the story; no knockout without the setup."

"When you can't make them see the light make them feel the heat"

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