"It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good." ― Thomas Jefferson Topic(s): Good Tags: persuade, takes More From Thomas Jefferson "Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor." "Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty." "An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry." More In Good "A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it."― Don Herold "The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."― Socrates "Active Evil is better than Passive Good."― William Blake