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William Godwin

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Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man.


— William Godwin


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Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil.


— William Godwin


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God himself has no right to be a tyrant.


— William Godwin


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Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.


— William Godwin


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If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such.


— William Godwin


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In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is out of the question.


— William Godwin


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It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.


— William Godwin


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Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.


— William Godwin


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Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education.


— William Godwin


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Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.


— William Godwin


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Did you know about William Godwin?

Using the pseudonym Edward Baldwin he wrote a variety of books for children including a version of Jack and the Beanstalk. Godwin wrote prolifically in the genres of novels history and demography throughout his lifetime.

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