The inertia of society is so stubborn that no one will move against it, if he cannot believe that it can be more easily overcome than is actually the case. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

The inertia of society is so stubborn that no one will move against it, if he cannot believe that it can be more easily overcome than is actually the case.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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