Quote#Wisdom
All Governments rest mainly on public opinion, and to that of his own…
Quote byLloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon · 1732–1802
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Trial of John Vint and others (1799), 27 How. St. Tr. 640..
English (original)
All Governments rest mainly on public opinion, and to that of his own subjects every wise Sovereign will look. The opinion of his subjects will force a Sovereign to do his duty, and by that opinion will he be exalted or depressed in the politics of the world.
— Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
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