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7785. SELF-GOVERNMENT, Men capable of.—[further continued].

Sometimes it is said that
man cannot be trusted with the government
of himself. Can he then be trusted with the
government of others? Or have we found
angels, in the form of kings, to govern him?
Let history answer this question.—
First Inaugural Address. Washington ed. viii, 3. Ford ed., viii, 3.
(1801)