Consequently, when new Governments representing this new power are constituted, to accept them is not only permitted but demanded, or even imposed, by the needs of the social good.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
There, Governments have always been accustomed to enter very considerably into trade and manufactures, partly to provide the public revenue, partly to supply deficiencies of private enterprise, and partly, within more recent times, for reasons of a so-called "strategic" order, connected with the defence or consolidation of the new Empire.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
That is the reason Governments always manage the postal service well.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae