"Persuasion is often more effectual than force." — Aesop

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• He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual… — Isaac Barrow
• The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries. — John Adams
• The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot… — George Washington
• intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer… — Samuel Chadwick
• Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other… — Watchman Nee
• How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making… — William Cowper
• You must pray with all your might. That does not mean saying your prayers, or sitting gazing about in church… — William Booth
• There is no flattery so adroit or effectual as that of implicit assent. — William Hazlitt
• The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it. — William Hazlitt
• The aim of every political Constitution, is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most… — James Madison
• No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing… — Thomas Jefferson
• The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny are to illuminate, as far as practicable, the… — Thomas Jefferson

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