İkna genellikle zorlamaktan daha etkilidir.
- Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
Tom biraz iknaya ihtiyaç duyacak.
- Tom will need some persuasion.
James Cable, the author of Gunboat Diplomacy (Chatto & Windus, 1971), has created an excellent case study of naval presence and suasion during the era of appeasement.
The temperance movement also exacerbated ethnic tensions. Before 1850 this movement had been primarily one of self-denial and moral suasion aimed at persuading the Protestant middle and working classes to cast out demon rum and become sober, hard-working, upward-striving citizens.