It is among the evils, and perhaps not the smallest, of democratical governments, that the people must feel before they will see. When this happens they are roused to action. Hence it is that those kinds of government are so slow.


The writings of George Washington (ed. 1835)

George Washington Quotes

It is among the evils, and perhaps not the smallest, of democratical governments, that the people must feel before they will see. When this happens...

It is among the evils, and perhaps not the smallest, of democratical governments, that the people must feel before they will see. When this happens...

It is among the evils, and perhaps not the smallest, of democratical governments, that the people must feel before they will see. When this happens...

It is among the evils, and perhaps not the smallest, of democratical governments, that the people must feel before they will see. When this happens...