Samuel Johnson Quote

I am a friend to subordination, as most conducive to the happiness of society. There is a reciprocal pleasure in governing and being governed.


Boswell's Life of Johnson (ed. 1799)


I am a friend to subordination, as most conducive to the happiness of society. There is a reciprocal pleasure in governing and being governed.

I am a friend to subordination, as most conducive to the happiness of society. There is a reciprocal pleasure in governing and being governed.

I am a friend to subordination, as most conducive to the happiness of society. There is a reciprocal pleasure in governing and being governed.

I am a friend to subordination, as most conducive to the happiness of society. There is a reciprocal pleasure in governing and being governed.