"The modern State exists not to protect..." - Quote by C S Lewis
The modern State exists not to protect our rights but to do us good or make us good - anyway, to do something to us or to make us something. Hence the new name 'leaders' for those who were once 'rulers'. We are less their subjects than their wards, pupils, or domestic animals. There is nothing left of which we can say to them, 'Mind your own business.' Our whole lives are their business.
More by C S Lewis
More on Government
“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.”
“Greece is a bleak, unsmiling desert, without agriculture, manufactures or commerce, apparently. What supports its poverty-stricken people or its Government, is a mystery.”
“Politicians are just a bunch of local bandits, sent by their local voters to raid the public treasury.”
More on Authority
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”
“Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.”
“Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.'”