C. S. Lewis on Liberty
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive,” wrote C. S. Lewis, the Oxford/Cambridge scholar best known for his Christian apologetics and the Chronicles of Narnia book series. “It may 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.”
May those toiling for the improvement of society in New Zealand and around the world give these words sober contemplation.
Improvement need not be bought with the loss of our freedom. Who would lead us will learn the difference between them.
(Thanks, Keith.)
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