Old and right.(security, justice and freedom)

We think that security and justice are simple and easy things which go without the saying, and need only be recognized to be had and enjoyed; we do not know that security is a thing which men have never yet succeeded in establishing. History is full of instruction for us if we will go to it for inst...

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Published inAmerican conservative (Arlington, Va.) Vol. 15; no. 6; p. 26
Main Author Graham Sumner, William
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arlington The American Conservative LLC 01.11.2016
American Conservative LLC
Subjects
Democracy
Freedom
Freedoms
Justice
Liberty
National security
United States
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Summary:We think that security and justice are simple and easy things which go without the saying, and need only be recognized to be had and enjoyed; we do not know that security is a thing which men have never yet succeeded in establishing. History is full of instruction for us if we will go to it for instruction; but if we go to it for information, being unable to interpret its lessons or its oracles, we shall get nothing but whims and fads. Now history is one long story of efforts to get some civil organization which could give security over an indefinite period of time. But no such civil organization has yet been found; we are as far from it as ever. The organization itself has eaten up the substance of mankind.
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ISSN:1540-966X