If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.
William GodwinGovernment can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion.
William GodwinWhenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.
William GodwinWhat can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child?
William Godwin