Henry James Sumner Maine's Quote - Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the o

Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny. – Henry James Sumner Maine

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