Carolina QuotesThere are some despotic governments so filled with a feeling of insecurity that they regard the free life of culture as a threat to their existence. … On the other extreme is the kind of popular government which is so distrustful of all forms of distinction that it sees even in the cultivated individual a menace to its existence. Such states are likely to maintain a pressure which discourages cultural endeavor, although the pressure may be exerted through social channels.
Richard M. Weaver Carolinian
Source
“The Importance of Cultural Freedom,” p. 23.
- work
- Life Without Prejudice (1965)
- year
- 1965
- locator
- p. 23
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“There are some despotic governments so filled with a feeling…” Richard M. Weaver. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-AF9766AF26. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/af9766af26
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