“Two drowning people can't save each other. All they can do is drag each other down.”
Carsten Jensen (1952) Danish author and political columnist
Source: We, the Drowned
“The surest effect of exalting government is to make it easier for some people to drag others down.”
From Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen (St. Martin's Press, 1999) http://www.jimbovard.com/Epigram%20page%20Freedom%20in%20Chains.htm
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