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God in the Dock

Book by C. S. Lewis · 3 quotes · Ifs, Men, Thinking

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“Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

“It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.”

“What assurance have we that our masters will or can keep the promise which induced us to sell ourselves? Let us not be deceived by phrases about 'Man taking charge of his own destiny'. All that can really happen is that some men will take charge of the destiny of the others. They will be simply men; none perfect; some greedy, cruel and dishonest. The more completely we are planned the more powerful they will be. Have we discovered some new reason why, this time, power should not corrupt as it has done before?”