Quote#Politics & Power
If the country does best, where State action is least, you at least…
Quote byJohn Morley · 1838–1923
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: 'The Liberal Eclipse', The Fortnightly Review, No. XCVIII (1 February 1875), pp. 298-299.
English (original)
If the country does best, where State action is least, you at least require political effort enough to reduce those noxious forms of State action which have come down to us from the imprudence of pre-scientific days. The philosopher, for example, who is most in earnest for the free play of social forces, is bound before all other men to press on for the disestablishment of the State Church.
— John Morley
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