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Quote from William Godwin,


"Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility."


By:

William Godwin (more quotes by William Godwin or books by/about William Godwin)


(1756-1836) English journalist, political philosopher and novelist

Source:

An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, 1793

Categories:

Conscience, Free Thought, Government, Justice, Responsibility

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