“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny 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.”
-C. S. Lewis
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.”
-C. S. Lewis
One of the most poignant quotes I've encountered in quite a while.
When I was a lad, I was given transportation home from college by the father of a friend. Michigan just passed a seatbelt law. The father enthusiastically asked me what I thought of the new law and I retorted "Just what I need - another law by the government protecting me from myself".
He was incredulous at me and argued government control of all contingencies, but I argued the big picture back to him to no avail.