...secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy . . . censorship. When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything-- you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.
Robert Heinlein, Revolt in 2100
[looks like I'll be adding another label to this blog, "Quotes"]
Bp
4 comments:
Yes Yes! please! Quotes are good. Shows us there are no new sins and that even the monkeys fall out of the trees. (Two of my favorites, right there...thinking, as I am, of the news about Eliot Spitzer...alas). va momma
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080310/hl_nm
/pope_sins_dc_3
leave it to the Vatican to ruin a good quote!
That combination of quotes couldn't have been more perfect though!
Loved it.
Glad you enjoyed them sir.
B
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