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this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2023
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This may be one of the most insightful things I've ever read or heard. Are you quoting someone, or should I quote you?
It's attributed to Jonathan Swift, 1721
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/07/10/reason-out/
Awesome, thank you!
If you google the exact words, this is what comes up:
Dear Quote Investigator: Jonathan Swift was a prominent literary figure who authored “Gulliver's Travels” and “A Modest Proposal”. He has been credited with an elegant thought about the limitations of persuasion via logical argument: You cannot reason someone out of something he or she was not reasoned into.Thanks!