Richard Hooker Quotes

Power comes through public persuasion.

No ruler who lacks the gift of persuasion can stay in office long; it is the indispensable condition of government. It would be an idle illusion to assume that any government, no matter how good, could lastingly do without public consent.

A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.

With words we govern men.

The public has to have a head, and if the President takes the heads away, the public will have his.

Politics is power, and communications is power,

Trump, in the crinkling of an eye, senses better than anyone the insecurity of people, that nobody knows whether anything is good or bad until they are told, and he is quite willing to tell them immediately.

Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions.

Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

I consider myself a persuasive person. With the ability to persuade comes a certain level of power.

Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clinches his fist.

What I'd really like to control is not machines, but people.

I'm interested in power.

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

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

I can make men follow me to hell.

My plan is to govern as long as I can.

One must do things in such a way that people believe that they want it to be done this way.

In every assembly, members will obtain an influence by noise not sense; by meanness, not greatness.

If you want to convince somebody, make up a quote and attribute it to some renowned authority …. People are incredibly gullible.

Polls make leadership impossible.