Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt.

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Is it true that people generally believe whatever they want willingly? And that if someone wishes to convince them otherwise, then people would be unwilling to change their minds? From the stance of a rhetorician, such as a politician, lawyer, or teacher, then, which is an easier way to convince people: 1) argumentation in contradiction to presuppositions, or 2) by feeding the existing views and augmenting with ones own?

I think that, at least according to Caesar, that the 2nd would be correct. But then again, he didn't make too many friends in the Senate...