Ezra Taft Benson quote
Posted: 30 November 2009 at 00:10:34
I'm reading this book right now and ran across this great quote tonight.
"If reference is made continually to weaknesses of the private enterprise system without any effort to point out its virtues and the comparative fruits of this and other systems, the tendency in this country will be to demand that the government take over more and more of the economic and social responsibilities and make more of the decisions for the people. This can result in but one thing: slavery of the individual to the state. This seems to be the trend in the world today. The issue is whether the individual exists for the state or the state for the individual."
-- Ezra Taft Benson, This Nation Shall Endure, 1977