"With the first link, a chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
~Judge Aaron Satie, as quoted by Captain Jean Luc Picard
"We think we've come so far. Torture of heretics, burning of witches, all ancient history. Then before you can blink an eye, suddenly it threatens to start all over again...Villains who twirl their mustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged...She, or someone like her will always be with us, waiting for the right climate in which to flourish, spreading fear in the name of righteousness."
~Captain Jean Luc Picard
Star Trek: Next Generation, The Drumhead
“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, God in the Dock
~Judge Aaron Satie, as quoted by Captain Jean Luc Picard
"We think we've come so far. Torture of heretics, burning of witches, all ancient history. Then before you can blink an eye, suddenly it threatens to start all over again...Villains who twirl their mustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged...She, or someone like her will always be with us, waiting for the right climate in which to flourish, spreading fear in the name of righteousness."
~Captain Jean Luc Picard
Star Trek: Next Generation, The Drumhead
“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, God in the Dock
