Quote#Politics & Power
The people are not satisfied with any form of government, or statute…
Quote byTheodore Parker · 1810–1860
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: III : Of Justice and the Conscience.
English (original)
The people are not satisfied with any form of government, or statute law, until it comes up to their sense of justice; so every progressive State revises its statutes from time to time, and at each revision comes nearer to the absolute right which human nature demands.
— Theodore Parker
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