Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be…

Mark Twain
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Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.504, Courier Corporation
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Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.504, Courier Corporation

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