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Quote by Walter Raleigh

“Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.”

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Miscellaneous works

This compilation encompasses a diverse range of literary works, showcasing the creativity and versatility of various authors across various genres and styles. more

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Walter Raleigh

Walter Raleigh was an English writer, explorer, soldier, and politician. He is renowned for his poetry, such as 'The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd', and his involvement in the establishment of the Roanoke Colony in North America. Raleigh served as a courtier to Elizabeth I and later became a favorite of King James I. more

“The mechanism that directs government cannot be virtuous, because it is impossible to thwart every crime, to protect oneself from every criminal without being criminal too; that which directs corrupt mankind must be corrupt itself; and it will never be by means of virtue, virtue being inert and passive, that you will maintain control over vice, which is ever active: the governor must be more energetic than the governed.”

Mean Government Virtue Impossible Mankind Crime Protect Oneself Vices Active Criminals Mechanism Virtuous Governors Passive Energetic

Book:Juliette

Source: Juliette

“The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols.”

Art Government Democracy Worship Organization Idols Bureaucracy Rebellious Idolatry Aristocracy

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or persuasion, they have to be governed by force or fraud, or both.”

Men Law Force Justice Refuse Fraud Persuasion

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.”

People Wells Law Umpires Magistrates

Author:Solon

“The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.”

Wife Son My Wife Greek Your Son Athenians

Author:Themistocles

“No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.”

Hard Moments Government Faces Decision British Distressing British Government

Author:Barbara Tuchman

“It is doubtful that the government knows much more than the public does about how government [Economic] policies will work.”

Knows Doe Government Economic Policy Doubtful Economic Policy

Author:W. Allen Wallis