And that's because they never had such a single, razor-focused, deeply opinionated, micromanaging, uncompromising, charismatic, persuasive, mind-blowingly visionary leader.
The son of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, Mr Gardner is well aware that Hitler was a peculiarly persuasive mind-changer.
It's a passionate, persuasive lecture, mind you, and it could affect its audiences' attitude towards the current Crimean crisis: Vladimir Putin is named and shamed during one of Carole's speeches.
Pretty persuasive...if your mind is open and you just want to see what the bulk of the evidence says.
This isn't persuasive; it's mind-numbing.
Finally, and to my mind most persuasive, there is the argument that we have some duty of stewardship to the web of life from which we emerged.
It is not the most persuasive conclusion, but never mind that, because his emotional accounting is startling; one wants, retrospectively, to reach out and comfort the boy he once was.
But legal officials said Ms. Reno's aides were doubtful that the Gore interview would prove persuasive in changing her mind about an outside inquiry, because it did not show direct evidence of wrongdoing.
Advertising is, of itself, not a very persuasive medium or a mind-changing tool.
While it will be nearly impossible to replace Justice Stevens' moral authority on the Court in one fell swoop, his intellectual firepower, natural abilities as an impassioned leader of great minds, and persuasive skill in defense of America's most cherished legal ideals would echo in the career of a future Justice Warren.
The Mohists' case here is reasonably persuasive, provided we keep in mind that they are focusing on the practice of reciprocal benefit, not the psychological attitude of equal concern, and that the practical demands of inclusive care are not especially taxing.
