“What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing...” — Lyndon B. Johnson Quote

“What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.”

“I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it.”

“There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.”

“Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me.”

“What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.”

“Pennsylvania is the birthplace of our democracy, and as Governor, I have been focused on advancing real freedom across the Commonwealth.”

“This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually yet surely, to that state which must entail inevitable destruction on the existing Government of the country.”

“Iran is waging a war of attrition against Israel and at the same time advancing its plans to obtain military nuclear weapons.”

“I'm fighting to make childcare more affordable for working parents so they can continue working and advancing their careers, closing wage gaps that for too long have held women back from the fair economic opportunities they need.”

“Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations.”

“Educated young people of color advancing in our society and economy is a goal that people of good will should wholeheartedly support.”