Well might Condorcet say that very often it needs little courage to do men harm, for they constantly suffer harm tranquilly enough; but when you take it into your head to do them some service, then they revolt and accuse you of being an innovator.
Morley discusses the paradox of public reaction to government interventions intended to help them.
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