Quote#Politics & Power
The chief business of a government is like that of a nurse, to hinder…
Quote bySoame Jenyns · 1704–1787
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Reflections on Several Subjects", in Miscellaneous Pieces, Vol. II (1761), p. 250.
English (original)
The chief business of a government is like that of a nurse, to hinder those who are under its care from doing mischief to themselves.
— Soame Jenyns
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