The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in wh…

Thomas B. Macaulay
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The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. But is there any reason for believing that a government is more likely to lead the people in the right way than the people to fall into the right way of themselves?
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