After all the increasing meddling by the government in our lives and the subsequent decline in our liberties, I am reminded of the quote by Ronald Reagan and I'll paraphrase. The nine most terrifying words in the English language are I'm from the government and I am here to help.
I then came across the following quote from the brilliant C.S. Lewis which encapsulates the Reagan thought quite nicely.
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would 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 own conscience.
C. S. Lewis
English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 - 1963)
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