Tao Te Ching

“Despotism has persisted through history because the alternative was often worse... democracy is a form of government that threads the needle—a course between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny—exerting just enough force to prevent people from preying on each other without preying on the people themselves.”

— Steven Pinker 1954 CE – via Shan Dao
Humanistic scientist, insightful cultural commentaror
from Enlightenment Now