Richard Weaver on the loss of freedom

[JT]

" The past shows unvaryingly that when a people's freedom disappears, it goes not with a bang, but in silence amid the comfort of being cared for. That is the dire peril in the present trend toward statism. If freedom is not found accompanied by a willingness to resist, and to reject favors, rather than to give up what is intangible but precarious, it will not long be found at all. "
~ Richard M. Weaver, 1962

 

[BatteryOaksBilly]

Any relation to Ruby Ridge Randy Weaver????

 

[yard mongrel]

Also a very fair description of marriage.

 

[GoWolfpack]

Also a very fair description of marriage.

I want to like this post, but I don't know if I should.

 

[JT]

Any relation to Ruby Ridge Randy Weaver????

No sir, a Southron author of some repute back in the Agrarian movement days. The quotation is from the introduction to his excellent book, Ideas Have Consequences.

 

[random]

" The past shows unvaryingly that when a people's freedom disappears, it goes not with a bang, but in silence amid the comfort of being cared for. That is the dire peril in the present trend toward statism. If freedom is not found accompanied by a willingness to resist, and to reject favors, rather than to give up what is intangible but precarious, it will not long be found at all. "
~ Richard M. Weaver, 1962

An understanding that was lost long ago.