Quote#World
Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon…
Quote byWilliam Penn · 1644–1718
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Frame of Government (1682).
English (original)
Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But, if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn.
— William Penn
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