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"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Бенджамин Франклин.
А вот ещё, совершенно замечательно:
"In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, — if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people, if well administered; and I believe, farther, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other." (курсив мой)
Перекликается с "Всякий народ имеет такое правительство, которого заслуживает" -- Joseph de Maistre (кстати, современник Франклина).
А вот ещё, совершенно замечательно:
"In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, — if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people, if well administered; and I believe, farther, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other." (курсив мой)
Перекликается с "Всякий народ имеет такое правительство, которого заслуживает" -- Joseph de Maistre (кстати, современник Франклина).
