As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and infect us all. They poison our minds, before we can resist, or so much as suspect their malignity. Like the barbarous directors of the Eastern seraglios, they deprive us of our vitality, and fit us for their despicable employment from the cradle.


Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (ed. 1798)

William Godwin Quotes

As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and...

As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and...

As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and...

As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and...