The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force, to endeavour to reduce men to intellectual uniformity; but on the contrary by teaching every man to think for himself.
No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must not expect to dictate t… - William Godwin
No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must not expect to dictate t…
- William Godwin
Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny. - William Godwin
Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.
Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very … - William Godwin
Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very …
The wise man is satisfied with nothing. - William Godwin
The wise man is satisfied with nothing.
Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason. - William Godwin
Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.
He that loves reading has everything within his reach. - William Godwin
He that loves reading has everything within his reach.
Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind. - William Godwin
Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.
If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is… - William Godwin
If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is…
Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbec… - William Godwin
Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbec…
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