Robert A. Nisbet Quotes

I Believe It Was Napoleon Who First Sensed The Ease With Which, In Modern Society, The Illusion Of Freedom Can Be Created By Strategic Relaxation Of Regulations And Law On Individual Thought, Provided It Is Only Individual, While All The Time Fundamental Economic And Political Liberties Are Being Circumscribed. The Barriers To The Kind Of Power Napoleon Wielded As Emperor Are Not Individual Rights So Much As The Kinds Of Rights Associated With Autonomy Of Local Community, Voluntary Association, Political Party. These Are The Real Measure Of The Degree To Which Central Political Power Is Limited In A Society. Neither Centralization Nor Bureaucratized Collectivism Can Thrive As Long As There Is A Substantial Body Of Local Authorities To Check Them

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