bad government
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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.
History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.
Good government is known from bad government by this infallible test: that under the former the labouring people are well fed and well clothed, and under the latter, they are badly fed and badly clothed.
Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.
A man who doesn't detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government on earth, it would be a great joy to serve it.