Sunday, August 5, 2018

Quote of the Day

Do not obey in advance.  Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given.  In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked.  A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.

-- Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny, p. 17

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