William Gilmore Simms Quote

The wonder is not that the world is so easily governed, but that so small a number of persons will suffice for the purpose. There are dead weights in political and legislative bodies as in clocks, and hundreds answer as pulleys who would never do for politicians.


Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside (ed. 1853)


The wonder is not that the world is so easily governed, but that so small a number of persons will suffice for the purpose. There are dead weights in ...

The wonder is not that the world is so easily governed, but that so small a number of persons will suffice for the purpose. There are dead weights in ...

The wonder is not that the world is so easily governed, but that so small a number of persons will suffice for the purpose. There are dead weights in ...

The wonder is not that the world is so easily governed, but that so small a number of persons will suffice for the purpose. There are dead weights in ...