Friendly Persuasion

"Friendly Persuasion" can refer to:

  • The Friendly Persuasion, a 1945 novel by Jessamyn West (writer)
    • Friendly Persuasion (film), a 1956 movie based on the book
      • "Friendly Persuasion" (song), a popular song from the movie
    • Friendly Persuasion (1975 film), a 1975 made-for-TV movie based on the book and its sequel

Famous quotes containing the words friendly and/or persuasion:

    “Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is
    what Americans are and that is what always upsets the
    foreigner, who deals with them, they are so friendly
    how can they be so suspicious and they are so
    suspicious how can they be so friendly but they just
    are and that certainly has something to do with their
    having tucked their capital, their capitals away.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
    —For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)