How would C.S. Lewis vote in this election?

11/5/2012 | newheart

[Cyber Liberty]

"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

I have that quote prominently displayed above my desk at work for all to see.

[newheart]

Thanks.

[newheart]

“I have that quote prominently displayed above my desk at work for all to see”

Outstanding!

[svcw]

Born on November 29, 1898 in Belfast Ireland,

[Nifster]

Agreed. and certainly the Screwtape Letters and even That Hideous Strength has enough about the nature of a man centered government to let everyone know the dangers of a government big enough to take everything you have.

I read Lewis often and have for years and years. His works are some of my favorite reads.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

He certainly considered himself an Irishman and proud of it, but he was also an Ulster Unionist and proud to consider himself a British subject. He was not a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, thus he was an Irishman but not an ‘Irish Citizen’...

[svcw]

Got it