Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2015-06-22 Jun 22, 2015I do not like the pretensions of Government -- the grounds on which it demands my obedience -- to be pitched too high. I don't like the medicine-man's magical pretensions nor the Bourbon's Divine Right. This is not solely because I disbelieve in magic and in Bossuet's Politique. I believe in God, but I detest theocracy. For every Government consists of mere men and is, strictly viewed, a makeshift; if it adds to its commands 'Thus saith the Lord', it lies, and lies dangerously. On just the same ground I dread government in the name of science. That is how tyrannies come in. In every age the men who want us under their thumb, if they have any sense, will put forward the particular pretension which the hopes and fears of that age render most potent. They 'cash in'. It has been magic, it has been Christianity. Now it will certainly be science. Perhaps the real scientists may not think much of the tyrants' 'science'-- they didn't think much of Hitler's racial theories or Stalin's biology. But they can be muzzled.~ C. S. Lewis Jun 19, 2015A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.~ Joseph StoryTo enjoy freedom, if the platitude is pardonable, we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half the house in order to water a single rose-bush; we must train them, exactly and powerfully, here on the very spot.~ Virginia WoolfIt is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and THEN do your best.~ W. Edwards Deming Jun 18, 2015Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.~ Robert G. IngersollThe safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.~ VoltaireLiberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.~ William Allen White Jun 17, 2015The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.~ George Bernard ShawIf it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable.~ Georges CourtelineIf we were all to be judged by our thoughts, the hills would be swarming with outlaws.~ Johann Sigurjonsson Jun 16, 2015There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.~ French ProverbA man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.~ Mark TwainIn all men is evil sleeping; the good man is he who will not awaken it, in himself or in other men.~ Mary Renault Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print