"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." Orwell
"“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
Plato
"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant" Robespierre
The pendulum, having swung so far to the right, always, always swings back.
ReplyDeleteThat's about exactly what my dad used to say. It used to make me feel better. Nowadays I tend the think the pendulum has a very sharp blade that's about to slam into the wall and stay there.
ReplyDeleteOr that by the time it would have swung back, there'll be nothing left on the other side.