Samuel Johnson
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
Samuel Johnson
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A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose. - Samuel Johnson quote

A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.

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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

English poet, biographer, essayist, lexicographer

September 18th, 1709 - December 13th, 1784