C. S. Lewis Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: November 29, 1898 - November 22, 1963
Birthday: November 29
Death: November 22
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.
source: "The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment". "God in the Dock". Book by C. S. Lewis, 1970.
topic: Wisdom, Freedom, Sleep, Busybodies, Moralizing, Limiting Government, Oppressive Governments, Good Will, Robber Baron, Property Rights, Moralism, Self Righteous, America Freedom, Governing, Government And Politics, Government Politics, Government Tyranny, Moralist, Fanatics, Security And Freedom, Libertarian Party, Honest Government
