The State is a collection of officials, different for difference purposes, drawing comfortable incomes so long as the status quo is preserved. The only alteration they are likely to desire in the status quo is an increase of bureaucracy and the power of bureaucrats.


Ch. 12: Free Thought and Official Propaganda - Sceptical Essays (1928)

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Bertrand Russell Quotes

The State is a collection of officials, different for difference purposes, drawing comfortable incomes so long as the status quo is preserved. The...

The State is a collection of officials, different for difference purposes, drawing comfortable incomes so long as the status quo is preserved. The...

The State is a collection of officials, different for difference purposes, drawing comfortable incomes so long as the status quo is preserved. The...

The State is a collection of officials, different for difference purposes, drawing comfortable incomes so long as the status quo is preserved. The...