"Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia; it is by no means a representative of reason."

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What a vast Traffick is drove, what a variety of Labour is performed in the World to the Maintenance of Thousands of Families that altogether depend on two silly if not odious Customs; the taking of Snuff and smoking of Tobacco; both which it is certain do infinitely more hurt than good to those that are addicted to them!

— Bernard de Mandeville