No orator ever made an impression by appealing to men as to their plainest physical wants, except when he could allege that those wants were caused by some one’s tyranny. But thousands have made the greatest impression by appealing to some vague dream of glory, or empire, or nationality.
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Notes from Wikiquote
In the first edition, the first sentence concludes "...except when he could allege or prove that those wants were caused by the tyranny of some other class."