"You can present people with ideas they..." - Quote by Margaret Thatcher
You can present people with ideas they may come to believe in, and as a result of them they will act, if they have the opportunities. Presenting people with opportunities is part of what politics is about.
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“Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.”
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