-A Miscellany of Men (1912)
Friday, November 4, 2016
"We are putting the official on the throne while he is still in the dock."
[...] at the very time when we are all beginning to doubt these
authorities, we are letting laws pass to increase their most capricious
powers. All our commissions, petitions, and letters to the papers
are asking whether these authorities can give an account of their
stewardship. And at the same moment all our laws are decreeing that they
shall not give any account of their stewardship, but shall become yet
more irresponsible stewards [...] this sort of man is being trusted with more authority, apparently
because he is being doubted with more reason [...] We are putting the official on the throne while he is
still in the dock.
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Phew. Way too close to home there, with tomorrow's debacle coming up. Amazing how timeless G.K.'s words always are.
Very true...
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