Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. Enable them to see th…

Thomas Jefferson
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Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence, p.63, Algora Publishing
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Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence, p.63, Algora Publishing

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