Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few, or of several, those principles of human nature which imply that government is at all necessary, imply that those persons will make use of them to defeat the very end for which government exists.


"Government", in Supplement to the 4th, 5th and 6th Editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica (Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1824) vol. 4, p. 493

James Mill Quotes

Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few, or of several, those ...

Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few, or of several, those ...

Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few, or of several, those ...

Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few, or of several, those ...