 | Pennsylvania - 1919 - 412 pages
...Governments are made and moved by Men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore Governments rather depend on Men, than Men upon Governments. Let Men be good, and...it. But if Men be bad, let the Government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn." 1 In his Frame of Government, in... | |
 | William Henry Hudson, Irwin Scofield Guernsey - United States - 1922 - 778 pages
...confusion." As for the relation of the Government to the governed, it must always be remembered that " governments rather depend upon men, than men upon...be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it in their turn." Hence the great... | |
 | Clyde Lyndon King, James Lynn Barnard - Community life - 1926 - 968 pages
...rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good and the government cannot be bad; or if it be ill they will cure it. But, if men be bad, let the government be ever so good they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn." — William Perm Some automobilists... | |
 | George Patterson Donehoo - Pennsylvania - 1926 - 614 pages
...depend upon men rather than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad, for if it be ill they will cure it; but if men be bad and government be good, they will warp and spoil it in their turn." Pa.— 11 CHAPTER IV. THE FOUNDING... | |
 | British Information Services - Great Britain - 1944 - 772 pages
...will of the individuals that compose it. Penn saw this clearly enough. "Let men be good," he wrote, "and the government cannot be bad. If it be ill, they...it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn." Those are wise words, and it follows... | |
 | Philip S. Klein, Ari Arthur Hoogenboom - History - 2010 - 651 pages
...would, of itself, bring good results. "Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad;...cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be ever so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it." The First Frame provided that a governor and... | |
 | Giles Gunn - Religion - 1981 - 489 pages
...go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon...it. But, if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn. I know some say, let us have good laws,... | |
 | Jean R. Soderlund - History - 1983 - 436 pages
...governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government can't be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good; they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn. I know some say, let us have good laws,... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon...it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn. WILLIAM PENN, in his Preface to the... | |
 | William McEnery Offutt - History - 1995 - 358 pages
...much for her work as she has done for mine. Introduction Let Men be good, and the Government can't be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it: but if Men be bad, let the Government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their Turn. I know some say, Let us have good... | |
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Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them ; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot... 
