Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Now a man must be very blind nowadays not to see that there is a danger of a sort of amateur science or pseudo-science being made the excuse for every trick of tyranny and interference. Anybody who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. In other words, it is a danger of turning the policeman into a sort of benevolent burglar. Against this protests are already being made, and will increasingly be made, if men retain any instinct of independence or dignity at all.

-What I Saw in America (1922)
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2 comments:

  1. coffeepotcurveNovember 7, 2012 at 9:18 PM

    So true. I think he has an insight that few people see. It is shocking though how far into the same situation our country has come. In fact maybe more so.

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  2. MikeNovember 8, 2012 at 5:45 AM

    I just hope "protests...will increasingly be made" as well.

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