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William Godwin Quotes: Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.
         

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.


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Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.
         



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Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.



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The wise man is satisfied with nothing.



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The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.



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To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.





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