Kindle Notes & Highlights
Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.
He did not see that the continuity of an oligarchy need not be physical, nor did he pause to reflect that hereditary aristocracies have always been short-lived, whereas adoptive organizations such as the Catholic Church have sometimes lasted for hundreds or thousands of years.
He was the tormentor, he was the protector, he was the inquisitor, he was the friend.
The command of the old despotisms was 'Thou shalt not.' The command of the totalitarians was 'Thou shalt.' Our command is 'Thou art.'
