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The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions
The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty
When a government is arrived to that degree of corruption as to be incapable of reforming itself, it would not lose much by being new moulded
The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances
On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time
All government, of course, is against liberty
The worst government is the most moral
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