The Anchoress
“Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God.” – Chesterton, “Christendom in Dublin,” 1933
“…the population of an entirely planned and controlled world are going to be inexpressibly lonely … and they will then discover the little community of believers as something quite new. As a hope that is there for them, as the answer they have secretly always been asking for.” — (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) God and the World), quoted here
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences.” –C.S. Lewis”
“A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed and wasted at will.” – Eric Hoffer, quoted here
“Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.” – Chesterton, What’s Wrong With The World, 1910
“21st century man has skipped the last 100 years entirely. That’s why he can continue to parrot the parlour atheism of the 19th century without the 20th century’s sad lesson on where such things lead.” – Brian Saint-Paul.
“Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.” Eric Hoffer, quoted here
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