Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive, that th… - Herbert Spencer

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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive, that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

Herbert Spencer

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Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, classical liberal political theorist, and sociological theorist of the Victorian era. He developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as the progressive development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human culture and societies. He is known for coining the phrase "survival of the fittest".

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