Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his fortune, and only cares that the world shall last his days.


The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, L834-l872 (ed. 1888)


Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his fortune, and only cares...

Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his fortune, and only cares...

Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his fortune, and only cares...

Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his fortune, and only cares...