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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.

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Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion.

genius william godwin

The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

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Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

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If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak.

genius william godwin

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

genius william godwin

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