C. S. Lewis Quote

"In the ancient world individuals have sold themselves as slaves, in order to eat. So in society. Here is a witch-doctor who can save us from the sorcerers -- a war-lord who can save us from the barbarians -- a Church that can save us from Hell. Give them what they ask, give ourselves to them bound and blindfold, if only they will! Perhaps the terrible bargain will be made again. We cannot blame men for making it. We can hardly wish them not to. Yet we can hardly bear that they should."

by:	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
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Categories:	Dependence, Government, History, Religion, Slavery, Society, Statism, Submission, Subservience, Tyranny, Welfare
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This is a fanciful dramatic presentation by a ambitious novel marketer trying keep attention on himself to sell his questionable product.  What has, in actuality, transpired is an arrangement of mentally unbalanced majority members violently trying to keep the traditional of unbalance continuing to exist; all the while the balanced progressive tries to implement vital life sustaining change.    -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown      1

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