William Godwin Quote

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.


Vol. 2, bk. 6, ch. 1 - Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793)


Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and...

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and...

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and...

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and...