William Gilmore Simms Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: April 17, 1806 - June 11, 1870
Birthday: April 17
Death: June 11
The wonder is not that the world is so easily governed, but that so small a number of persons will suffice for the purpose. There are dead weights in political and legislative bodies as in clocks, and hundreds answer as pulleys who would never do for politicians.
topic: Government, Numbers, Political, Pulleys
