No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... T…

Samuel Johnson
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1966). Johnsonian miscellanies, Constable
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1966). Johnsonian miscellanies, Constable

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