He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers. (Richard Hooker)

He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.

Richard Hooker

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