To be governed

[darmstadt]

This honourable gentleman of the realm is likely to be next

[xoggoth]

Every word is true with knobs on. They stink too. You are my sorta bloke D.

I assume from the quotes that this wisdom is not your own, but never mind, This thread is awarded the unbelievable and much coverted honour of a mention on bloggoth.

[darmstadt]

"All men are equal and free: society by nature, and destination, is therefore
autonomous and ungovernable. If the sphere of activity of each citizen is
determined by the natural division of work and by the choice he makes of a
profession, if the social functions are combined in such a way as to produce
a harmonious effect, order results from the free activity of all men; there
is no government. Whoever puts a hand on me to govern me is an usurper and
a tyrant; I declare him my enemy."

[darmstadt]

"To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed,
law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached
at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded,
by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the
virtue to do so. To be GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every
transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured,
numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented,
forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of
public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be placed
under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted
from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then at the slightest resistance, the
first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harrassed,
hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned,
judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed, and to
crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored. That is
government; that is its justice; that is its morality."