George F. Kennan Quote

Government…is simply not the channel through which men's noblest impulses are to be realized. Its task, on the contrary, is largely to see to it that the ignoble ones are kept under restraint and not permitted to go too far.


Around the Cragged Hill (1993)


Government…is simply not the channel through which men's noblest impulses are to be realized. Its task, on the contrary, is largely to see to it...

Government…is simply not the channel through which men's noblest impulses are to be realized. Its task, on the contrary, is largely to see to it...

Government…is simply not the channel through which men's noblest impulses are to be realized. Its task, on the contrary, is largely to see to it...

Government…is simply not the channel through which men's noblest impulses are to be realized. Its task, on the contrary, is largely to see to it...