Quote by Adam Ferguson
Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are t

Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design. – Adam Ferguson

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