Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Quotations by Category Quotations by Person Quotations SearchQuotes for the Day 2025-12-04Flowers don't open to the clock but to the sunshine spontaneous;for modern humans that manner of instinct is now extraneous.~ Astrid AlaudaHere, I think, lies our real dilemma. Probably we cannot, certainly we shall not, retrace our steps. We are tamed animals (some with kind, some with cruel, masters) and should probably starve if we got out of our cage. That is one horn of the dilemma. But in an increasingly planned society, how much of what I value can survive? That is the other horn.~ C. S. LewisThe cult of the omnipotent state has millions of followers in the United States. Americans of today view their government in the same way as Christians view their God; they worship and adore the state and they render their lives and fortunes to it. Statists believe that their lives -- their very being -- are a privilege that the state has given to them. They believe that everything they do is -- and should be -- dependent on the consent of the government. Thus, statists support such devices as income taxation, licensing laws, regulations, passports, trade restrictions, and the like.~ Jacob G. Hornberger Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print This quote is found in these categories: About Bio of Quotations by Books by/about videos on Wikipedia