Food for thought - pertinent at the moment! On Being Sheep "... I know your race. It is made up of sheep. It is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. The vast majority of the race, whether savage or civilised, are secretly kind-hearted and shrink from inflicting pain, but in the presence of the aggressive and pitiless minority they don’t dare to assert themselves. Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race - the individual’s distrust of his neighbour, and his desire, for safety’s or comfort’s sake, to stand well in his neighbour’s eye. “ Mark Twain The Mysterious Stranger, 1916.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 07:20:00 +0000
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