“Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.”
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
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.
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
