| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 710 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Carlyle (17951881) |
| QUOTATION: | In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | THOMAS CARLYLE, Past and Present, ed. Richard D. Altick, book 4, chapter 4, p. 267 (1965). First published in 1843. |
| SUBJECTS: | Government |
| WORKS: | Thomas Carlyle Collection | | |
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