“The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.”
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Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
Power is not alluring to pure minds.
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
