Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too wel…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well. What satire on government can equal the severity of censure conveyed in the word politics ....? ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.525, Рипол Классик
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Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well. What satire on government can equal the severity of censure conveyed in the word politics ....? ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.525, Рипол Классик

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