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Governance

A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.

Author Greg RavenPosted on July 27, 2011November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories individualismTags Jean de la Bruyere

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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