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  • The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.440, Harvard University Press
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The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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