All government, all exercise of power, no matter in what form, which is not based in love and directed by knowledge, is a tyranny.


A Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories, and Fancies: Original and Selected... (ed. 1855)


All government, all exercise of power, no matter in what form, which is not based in love and directed by knowledge, is a tyranny.

All government, all exercise of power, no matter in what form, which is not based in love and directed by knowledge, is a tyranny.

All government, all exercise of power, no matter in what form, which is not based in love and directed by knowledge, is a tyranny.

All government, all exercise of power, no matter in what form, which is not based in love and directed by knowledge, is a tyranny.