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"We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself."
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"If you want people to believe you, appeal to their hearts not to their brains."
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"We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself."
"People think you have only to 'tell' a person that he 'ought' to do something in order to put him on the right track. But whether he can or will do it is another matter."
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"Just hear me out. While you were napping, I was busy chatting up our allies. Didn't you know--your woman's a golden-tongued ambassador! My sisters always said I graduated from the shock-and-awe school of diplomacy, but joke 'em if they can't take a fuck, right?"
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