Where there had been hope, there was now hopelessness. Where there had been courage, there was now cynicism. Where there had been life, there was a l… - Robert Payne

In the Middle Ages the king offered protection to his subjects in return for their loyalty, and the subjects were doubly protected, for the church also sheltered them. The need for shelter - for a father image that cares and will hopefully provide and give some meaning to human lives - remains as real as it was in the Middle Ages, but modern technocracy has no place for either the father or the church and provides no substitute.

For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.

A nation's wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be shared among all for the general welfare.