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Quote from C. S. Lewis,

To live his life in his own way, to call his house his castle, to enjoy the fruits of his own labour, to educate his children as his conscience directs, to save for their prosperity after his death --- these are wishes deeply ingrained in civilised man. Their realization is almost as necessary to our virtues as to our happiness. From their total frustration disastrous results both moral and psychological might follow.



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C. S. Lewis (more quotes by C. S. Lewis or books by/about C. S. Lewis)


(1898-1963), British novelist

Source:

Willing Slaves of the Welfare State, first published in The Observer on July 20, 1958
http://liberty-tree.ca/research/willing_slaves_of_the_welfare_state

Categories:

Character, Children, Conscience, Education, Happiness, Inheritance, Jurisdiction, Labor, Prosperity, Virtue, Wisdom

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