“Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.”~William Lyon Mackenzie King Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King was born on this day in 1874.
“Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.”~William Lyon Mackenzie King Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King was born on this day in 1874.
“Those who differ most from the opinions of their fellow men are the most confident of the truth of their own.”~James Mackintosh Scottish doctor, barrister, journalist, jurist, judge, administrator, professor, philosopher, and politician James Mackintosh was born on this day in 1765.
“It is interesting to note that everyone has a different take on the world, a different opinion, and given the same inputs have completely different outputs.”~Penelope Fitzgerald British novelist, poet, essayist, and biographer Penelope Fitzgerald was born on this day in 1916.
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