Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “This is the gravest danger that today threatens civilization: State intervention, the absorption of all spontaneous social effort by the State; that is to say, of spontaneous historical action, which in the long-run sustains, nourishes and impels human destinies.” ~ José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) Spanish philosopherSource: Espana Invertebrada, 1922