Quote#Politics & Power
An ardent affection for the human race makes enthusiastic characters…
Quote byMary Wollstonecraft · 1759–1797
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letters Written in Sweden (1796), Appendix.
English (original)
An ardent affection for the human race makes enthusiastic characters eager to produce alteration in laws and governments prematurely. To render them useful and permanent, they must be the growth of each particular soil, and the gradual fruit of the ripening understanding of the nation, matured by time, not forced by an unnatural fermentation.
— Mary Wollstonecraft
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