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"I heartily accept the motto, — 'That government is best which governs least', and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe, — 'That government is best which governs not at all'; and when men are prepared...

Don't think that! I used to think that. It's terrifying. Think this instead: Throughout his history, man has been certain of his supremacy. Think of the arrogance of the Romans in terming every non-Roman a barbarian, but then, why shouldn't they? A quarter of the world's population lived...