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Freedom of men under government is to have
a standing rule to live by,
common to every one of that society and made
by the legislative power vested in it and
not to be subject to the inconstant,
uncertain, arbitrary will of another man.
-- John Locke(1632-1704)
English philosopher and political theorist.
"Men in authority will always think that
criticism of their policies is dangerous.
They will always equate their policies
with patriotism, and find criticism subversive."
-- Henry Steele Commager(1902-1998)
Source: Freedom and Order, 1966
In the context of modernity
Reality is not what it seems
As a construct
It is a suspension of disbelief.
"We have never stopped sin by passing laws; and
in the same way,
we are not going to take a great moral ideal
and achieve it merely by law."
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1890-1969), 34th US President, WWII General
