RE: POLL: As an Atheist, What Do You View as Being the Most Rational Political Outlook?
December 5, 2013 at 8:13 pm
(December 4, 2013 at 10:47 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The older I get the more I think Sallust got it right.
Quote:Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
--Gaius Sallustius Crispus
I don't know about that. I think we all want freedom to do whatever we want. We just want to make sure the next guy doesn't have the freedom to step on our toes. I see us as needing to find a balance between control in the form of governance and allowing people to do anything they want (even destructive, harmful things).
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama