We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when …

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We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of, discretionary power. ✨ Thomas Paine (1945). The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine
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