Quote#Politics & Power
Understood as a central consolidated power, managing and directing…
Quote byJohn L. O'Sullivan · 1813–1895
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (1837), introduction.
English (original)
Understood as a central consolidated power, managing and directing the various general interests of the society, all government is evil, and the parent of evil... The best government is that which governs least.
— John L. O'Sullivan
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