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In practice the State usually offers less wisdom and moral sense than the average citizen
Drawn from what William Graham Sumner said
What William Graham Sumner actually said
- William Graham Sumner American sociologist (1840 to 1910)
Hence "the State," instead of offering resources of wisdom, right reason, and pure moral sense beyond what the average of us possess, generally offers much less of all those things.
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↗What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1883)gutenberg.org
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