As each individual abandons himself to the solicitous aid of the state, so, and still more, he abandons to it the fate of his fellow citizens. This weakens sympathy and renders mutual assistance inactive: or, at least, the reciprocal interchange of services and benefits will be most likely to flourish at its liveliest, where the feeling is most acute that such assistance is the only thing to rely upon; and experience teaches us that oppressed classes of the community which are, as it were, overlooked by the government, are always bound together by the closest ties. Wilhelm von Humboldt
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 03:25:00 +0000
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