Whoso taketh in hand to frame any state or government, ought to…

Whoso taketh in hand to frame any state or government, ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.

Sir Walter Raleigh

1618

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Political theory Setting up a government Government

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1618

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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Raleigh, Walter. The Cabinet-Council. London: Thomas Johnson, 1658, ch. 26.

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