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Quote from Herbert Spencer,


"The liberty the citizen enjoys is to be measured not by governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by the paucity of restraints it imposes upon him."


By:

Herbert Spencer (more quotes by Herbert Spencer or books by/about Herbert Spencer)


(1820-1903) British author, economist, philosopher

Source:

Social Statics, 1850

Categories:

Government

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