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Government is a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All governing over-much kills the self-help and energy of the governed.
Government is a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All governing over-much kills the self-help and energy of the governed.
Approximate author period: c. 1847 AD · industrial
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- Wendell Phillips
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- Approximate author period: c. 1847 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Wendell Phillips. · page_131
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