Wendell Phillips Quote

Government is only a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All governing overmuch kills the self-help and energy of the governed.


Selections from the works of Wendell Phillips (ed. 1902)


Government is only a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All governing...

Government is only a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All governing...

Government is only a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All governing...

Government is only a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All governing...