Sounds a Lot Like Where We Are Today
"[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable cruelty of one or a very few." --John Adams, An Essay on Man's Lust for Power, 1763
Labels: John Adams
posted by Al @ 7:19 AM
2 Comments:
At 17/5/10 9:28 PM ,
TH2 said...
A brilliant quote.
At 17/5/10 11:14 PM ,
Al said...
This quote is just another reminder of why, despite his flaws he remains my favorite president.
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