“Once you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow. “
One of my favorites. Chuck Colson had a sign with this phrase sitting on his desk in the White House.
Another one I like:
“When they start to feel the heat, they begin to see the light”.
I think it was Senator Everett Dirksen (R) who coined this phrase.
Sen. Dirksen often said, referring to when citizens would flood him with letters: “When I feels the heat, I sees the light.”
In recent years, it’s been “cleaned up” when quoted.