Quote:
Originally Posted by Spinoza
It has been the one song of those who thirst after absolute power that the interest of the state requires that its affairs should be conducted in secret. . . . But the more such arguments disguise themselves under the mask of public welfare, the more oppressive is the slavery to which they will lead. . . . Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from the citizens. They who can treat secretly the affairs of a nation have it absolutely under their authority; and as they plot against the enemy in time of war, so do they against the citizens in times of peace.
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Ever like picking up a really old book, opening it to the page it easily opens to (the most read) and reading a random piece from it?
Christians do this all the time with Bibles... it's like a "what's your favourite passage" thing...
This was from The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant, which I believe was originally published in 1926.