William Ralph Inge Quote

So the pendulum swings, now violently, now slowly; and every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.


"Democracy and the Future" The Atlantic Monthly (March 1922)


So the pendulum swings, now violently, now slowly; and every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares...

So the pendulum swings, now violently, now slowly; and every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares...

So the pendulum swings, now violently, now slowly; and every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares...

So the pendulum swings, now violently, now slowly; and every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares...