Quote by Thomas Jefferson
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own goo

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. – Thomas Jefferson

Other quotes by Thomas Jefferson

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale. – Thomas Jefferson

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Banks / Banking
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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

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Fear
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I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary. – Charles Spurgeon

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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story. – Casey Stengel

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good

Whats the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another? – Marilyn Monroe

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good

Dont follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise. – Joan Rivers

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You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure peoples bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music. – Shirley Manson

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I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Truth is rarely writ in ink; it lives in nature. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Truth

While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. – Eugene Debs

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Protest