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Quotation from Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle
“In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom”
Past and Present, Book IV, ch. IV (Captains of Industry) (Project Gutenberg #26159)
Carlyle argues that legislation cannot do what society is unwilling to do.
Citation: "In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom" — Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, Book IV, ch. IV (Captains of Industry) (Project Gutenberg #26159). (id past-and-present-q13)
