Hearts and minds will follow

[Charles Doyle]

It should be noted--especially for those who don't remember the early 1960s--that the saying "If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow" (which I've always heard/assumed was LBJ's) ridicules JFK's (Rusk's, McNamara's) professed intent to "win the hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese.  I have not tried to research the history of the fixed phrase "hearts and minds" or the collocation "win the hearts and minds."

--Charlie

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