The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is …

H. L. Mencken
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The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which barely escapes being no government at all. ✨ H.L. Mencken (2012). Mencken Chrestomathy, p.146, Vintage
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The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which barely escapes being no government at all. ✨ H.L. Mencken (2012). Mencken Chrestomathy, p.146, Vintage

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