"Very commonly in ages when civil rights of one kind are in evidence – those pertaining to freedom of speech and thought in, say, theater, press, and forum, with obscenity and libel laws correspondingly loosened – very real constrictions of individual liberty take place in other, more vital areas: political organization, voluntary association, property, and the right to hold jobs, for example."
by:
Robert Nisbet
(1913-1996) American sociologist, author
Source:
Twilight of Authority, 1975
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 -- Faiena, Tashkent,Uzbekistan      
So many good intentions seem to end up being the taking from Peter to Pay Paul.
 -- cal, lewisville, tx     
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    Robbing Peter to pay Paul may annoy Peter, but It will be fine and dandy with Paul.
     -- jim k, austin     
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    Great quote. Describes just what has been and is happening to us now.
     -- s petersen, springfield, mo     
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    I'm not quite sure how to rate this (accurate from the perspective given  a misdirection otherwise).The quote is an accurate enough observation  couched hard core into an ANTI-natural law philosophy (legal positivism  verging on neoconservatism).
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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