In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance. (Thomas Jefferson)

In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance.

Thomas Jefferson

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