In any close society it is more urgent to restrain others than to be free oneself. Hence the tendency for the central authority to absorb and supersede such as are local or delegated.


Dominations and Powers: Reflections on Liberty, Society, and Government (ed. Transaction Publishers, 1995) - ISBN: 9781412821919

George Santayana Quotes

In any close society it is more urgent to restrain others than to be free oneself. Hence the tendency for the central authority to absorb and...

In any close society it is more urgent to restrain others than to be free oneself. Hence the tendency for the central authority to absorb and...

In any close society it is more urgent to restrain others than to be free oneself. Hence the tendency for the central authority to absorb and...

In any close society it is more urgent to restrain others than to be free oneself. Hence the tendency for the central authority to absorb and...