Wendell Berry Quote

The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth - that is, the natural wealth of localities and the local economies of household, neighborhood, and community - and so destroys democracy, of which the commonwealth is the foundation and practical means.

The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry (ed. Counterpoint, 2003) - ISBN: 9781582439242