Every extension of paternal government falls on the Forgotten Man, who must work and pay

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

William Graham Sumner c. 1883 American sociologist (1840 to 1910)

It is the Forgotten Man who is threatened by every extension of the paternal theory of government. It is he who must work and pay.

Where this was said

↗What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1883)gutenberg.org

c. 1883

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