It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. ✨…

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It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, H. A. Washington (2011). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private, p.126, Cambridge University Press
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