Excerpt from The Black Book, Vol. 2 of 2: Or, Corruption Unmasked On the Principles of Government and the real Causes 9 the Prosperity of England. That sagacious epicure, david hume, remarked that all governments are founded on opinion; a truth which no one can hardly deny. It is, indeed, obvious that, as in all cases, the governors form a minority; the mere physical force of the community resides in the governed, and, consequently, that the former can only control the latter by opinion. Now this opinion may either be founded in truth or in error; it may either originate in just notions of the utility of govern; ment or it may be bottomed in delusion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.