"The true path to power in a democracy is the creation of the demonic
'other.' Those of a different party are portrayed not as people who in
all sincerity start with different
assumptions and reach different conclusions, but as deliberate and
demonic destroyers of the social and political order. Reason is replaced
by fear, and if the 'other side' is always feared, then one’s own
performance doesn’t really matter; no matter how inept one party proves
itself, it can always make the appeal that the other party is demonic.
To be sure, there are assumptions and opinions which do tear down
society, but there are few, if any, who hold their opinions for the
purpose of destroying the social order; rather they have a different, if
often erroneous, vision of that order."
- John Médaille
A quotes blog of various writers (mostly Christian, and specifically Catholic, in nature)
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Saturday, February 15, 2014
The great enemy of civilization is Monopoly, whether
industrial, financial, or political. Big Government is no more lovely
than Big Business. In essence, they are the same. Let’s not put all our
eggs or all our liberties into one basket. If we do, our children may
have neither liberty nor eggs.
-Samuel G. Pettengill
-Samuel G. Pettengill
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