Worth repeating
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C.S. Lewis |
CS Lewis foresaw the EU, the nanny state and carbon tax!
By an amazing (well, not really) coincidence, I read that quote earlier too (on NT's blog) and decided to copy and paste it to Farcebook ……. to wind up the control freaks. Sure enough, a known lefty, a Guardian-reading feminist replied – 'Yes, he was well known for works of fiction!'
I hope she ends up in a gulag.
Hah! I missed it on NT's place [I confess I often take the lazy way and read content on my reader so I miss some of the nicities]. Coincidence indeed, but still well worth repeating?
Karl Marx foresaw paradise on earth for farmers and salaried workers – but bankers and retired Irish politicians disproved him.
Anyone ever heard of "call me Tony" Blair?
Or just about any modern day politician?
Give me a rifle – or, better, a machine gun – and I'll happily be one of the first at the barricades. Ignorant, self-serving, profligate and unprincipled spenders of our money with a mission to subjugate the sheeple; politicians thoroughly deserve what must be coming.
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