I believe it was CS Lewis who said something along the lines of “Given a choice between living under a malevolent dictator and a benevolent dictator, I choose the malevolent dictator because there is at least a chance he will be bothered by conscience.”
There is no question in the minds of liberals that they’re right and that its all for the greater good. This leaves them in a dangerous position of never having to consider the possibility that they’re wrong.
I once asked a lib if he had a problem with cops going door to door, busting in and shooting people to confiscate their guns. He told me that this would never happen. I guess many of them think people will just meekly surrender. I think a few will, only a few! The politicians must know this, and the anti 2nd amendment bunch must be willing to use whatever force it takes. This makes them a threat in my book.
Here’s the C.S. Lewis quote you are thinking of. It is a favorite of mine, as well. I should add it to the quotes on my FR profile page:
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would 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.
— C. S. Lewis