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Democratic government is in more danger than any other of becoming paternal

Drawn from what William Graham Sumner said

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government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.

What William Graham Sumner actually said

  1. William Graham Sumner American sociologist (1840 to 1910)
    The trouble is that a democratic government is in greater danger than any other of becoming paternal, for it is sure of itself, and ready to undertake anything, and its power is excessive and pitiless against dissentients.

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