...he had in mind, not the consideration of any ideally perfect form of government. In fact, he said, "I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny that will keep us safe under any form of government."...

...parliament, once suggested that luxury corrupts a people and destroys the spirit of liberty : " JOHNSON. ' Sir, that is all visionary. I would not give half...moment to the happiness of an individual.'... SIR ADAM. 'But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the...

...men, marked a sad divergence from the Liberalism that reigned in the century after him when he said, rieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind;...Which having been must ever be; In the soothing th the individual." l The strange, undying passion for the word Republic, and all the blood and tears...

...men, marked a sad divergence from the Liberalism that reifrned in the century after him when he said, goyertment rather than another : it is of no moment to the happiness of the individual." * The strange,...

...Amiable, cynical indifference is heard in the words of good old Dr. Johnson to Adam Ferguson: "Sir, I would not give half a guinea to live under one form...moment to the happiness of an individual. Sir, the abuse of power is nothing to a private man. What Frenchman is prevented from passing his life as he...

...scoundrel. Ibid., II, 348. FACTION seldom leaves a man honest, however it might find him. Ibid., W, II, 104. I WOULD not give half a guinea to live under one form...is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. Ibid., B, II, 170. So, Sir, you laugh at schemes of political improvement. Why, Sir, most schemes of...

...and that under any constitution they would be made by selfish men for selfish motives, why, if he " would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another," did he then bother to be a Tory rather than a Whig ? If his philosophy is correct, "it is not easy,"...

...government in itself as an evil thing. Dr. Johnson said, in the eighteenth century, — "I would not give a half a guinea to live under one form of government...than another ; it is of no moment to the happiness of the individual." The Bolsheviki go further. They are not merely indifferent to governments ; they reject...

...can at most only marginally be influenced by governmental actions. Dr. Johnson, for example, declared 'I would not give half a guinea to live under one...than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of the individual'. (Boswell, Life ii, 170). Yet in spite of the limited scope most governments have to...

...wickedness. JOHN KENNETH CALBRAITH (b. 1908), US economist. Quoted In: Guard/an (London. 23 May 1992). 18 omewhere on the other side of despair. TS ELIOT (1888-1965)....Harry, Lord Monchensey, in The Family Reunion, pt, 2 SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-84), English author, lexicographer. Quoted in: James Boswell. Ufe of Samuel iohnson,...