How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to preserve their dearest rights and best privileges, impelled as it were by an irresistible fate of despotism.


The Papers of James Monroe: Selected correspondence and papers, 1776-1794 (ed. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006) - ISBN: 9780313319792

James Monroe Quotes

How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check...

How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check...

How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check...

How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check...