Quote#Truth
The true art of government consists in not governing too much
Quote byJonathan Shipley · 1713–1788
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Sermon Preached Before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (1773), p. 11; also in the Maryland Gazette, no. 1454 (22 July 1773), p. 1.
English (original)
The true art of government consists in not governing too much.
— Jonathan Shipley
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