Wednesday 20 August 2014

Quote of the day: On what can’t be given to you by politicians

“Remember ever the old words—as true today as when they were first spoken—'What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?' If you lose all respect for the rights of others, and with it your own self-respect, if you lose your own sense of right and fairness, if you lose your belief in liberty, and with it the sense of your own worth and true rank, if you lose your own will and self-guidance and control over your own lives and actions, what can all the buying and trafficking, what can all the gifts of politicians give you in return?”
- Auberon Herbert

[Hat tip The Objective Standard]

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Goodness gracious. A quote from the Christian bible. Who would have thought.