“Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia; it is by no means a representative of reason.” MeanReasonGovernmentPoliticalNaturalCustomsRepresentativesEquilibriumInertia Book:The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two Source: The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two
“Yet, Puerto Ricos economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the island has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century.” Has BeensStatesPoliticalNationsEconomicCenturyBordersIslandsCustomsTerritoryIntegrationPolitical SystemsPuerto RicoRicoConvergenceNational Borders Author:Dick Thornburgh