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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

Source: Quoted in: James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, 31 March 1772 (1791).
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.


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