Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.

Henry Ward Beecher

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• It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.

  

  Henry Ward Beecher
  • Law
  • Years
  • Make