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  • One good Man may take another's Word, if they so agree, but a whole Nation ought never to trust to any Honesty, but what is built upon Necessity; for unhappy is the People, and their Constitution will be ever precarious, whose Welfare must depend upon the Virtues and Consciences of Ministers and Politicians.

    "The Fable of the Bees". Book by Bernard Mandeville. Remark Q, pp. 207-208, 1732.