"Every government is perpetually degenerating towards corruption, from……" — Samuel Johnson
"Every government is perpetually degenerating towards corruption, from which it must be rescued at certain periods by the resuscitation of its first principles, and the re-establishment of its original constitution."
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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