“Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia; it is by no means a representative of reason.” MeanReasonGovernmentPoliticalNaturalCustomsRepresentativesEquilibriumInertia Book:The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two Source: The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two
“Afghanistan has always been sort of a fractured nation, very tribal, where the countryside and the distant provinces have been run by custom, by tribal law and by tribal leaders rather than edicts from the central government in Kabul.” Has BeensGovernmentRunningLawNationsLeaderCustomsAfghanistanCountrysideProvincesKabulCentral Government Author:Khaled Hosseini