• Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.

  John Updike
  American writer and criticus 1932-2009
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. benevolence
2. organized
3. magnitude
4. permits
5. shading

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Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading. by : John Updike

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