"Friendly Persuasion" is a popular song with music by Dimitri Tiomkin and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. It was published in 1956 and appeared in the 1956 film of the same name.
The best-known version of the song was recorded that year by Pat Boone. Another recording by The Four Aces followed Pat Boone's in 1956 and reached number 45 peak position on Billboard's Pop music chart.
The title is an obvious play on words since the film centers on a Quaker family, a religion known as the "Society Of Friends." Thus, they are be said to be of the "Friendly" Persuasion. Aretha Franklin recorded the song for her album "Soft and Beautiful" (1969).
Famous quotes containing the words friendly and/or persuasion:
“When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution.”
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)
“To be inspired is to be moved in an extraordinary manner by the power or Spirit of God to act, speak, or think what is holy, just and true; [Enthusiasm is] A Full, but false persuasion in a man that he is inspired.”
—Henry More (1614–1687)