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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2021-08-30

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis (b. 1898-11-29, d. 1963-11-22), "God in the Dock", 1948

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posted by [personal profile] minoanmiss at 02:54pm on 2021-08-30
I have always found this bitterly ironic considering the source and also absolutely true.
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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 04:27pm on 2021-08-30
Aye to the irony
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