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I care far more how humanity lives than how long. Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible ideal.
By: | 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: | Progress, Happiness, Self-Determination |
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