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Quote from C. S. Lewis,


"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may 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."


By:

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


(1898-1963), British novelist

Source:

"God in the Dock" (1948)

ISBN-10:

0802808689

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Categories:

Conscience, Hypocrisy, Morals, Oppression, Power, Tyranny, Terrorism

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Kindle Categories:

Hypocrisy
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