تُكتسب أرض الحرية شبراً شبراً، وعلينا أن نقنع بما نظفر به من حين إلى آخر، وأن نمضي بلا كلل نحو ما لم نظفر به بعد. ويحتاج الأمر إلى وقت لإقناع الناس حتى بفعل ما فيه خيرهم.

“The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.”Thomas Jefferson — The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private (2011)