“The English race, consequently, has long and successfully studied the art of curbing executive power to the constant neglect of the art of perfecting executive methods. It has exercised itself much more in controlling than in energizing government, It has been more concerned to render government just and moderate than to make it facile, well-ordered,and effective.”
Source: 1880s, "The Study of Administration," 1887, p. 206;
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Source: Surfacing with Josh Pate https://web.archive.org/web/20080409004815/http://www.mania.com:80/surfacing-josh-pate_article_49815.html (October 10, 2005)
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Context: Government has no more to do with the religions opinions of men, than it has with the principles of mathematics. Let every man speak freely without fear, maintain the principles that he believes, worship according to his own faith, either one God, three Gods, no God, or twenty Gods; and let government protect him in so doing, i. e., see that he meets with no personal abuse, or loss of property, from his religious opinions. (p. 184)
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