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The French revolution operated on assumptions much closer to those of the vision of the anointed. Where the American revolution deliberately created a government of elaborate checks and balances, to constrain the evils inherent in human beings, the French revolution concentrated vast powers in its leadership, so as to allow those who were presumably wise and benevolent to effect sweeping changes with little hindrance. Condorcet, as an intellectual supporter of the French revolution, could see no reason for the American system of checks and balances, in which society was to be “jostled between opposing powers” or to be held back by the “inertia” of its constitution. Indeed, even after the revolutionaries turned against him and threw him into prison, Condorcet still seemed not to understand the reason for limitations on government power.
The Vision of the Anointed
Thomas Sowell
In the words of both Peter Drucker and Warren Bennis, “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
Insbesondere die Klimakampf begeisterte Jungend will nicht wahrhaben, dass über 95 Prozent des menschengemachten CO2-Anteils aus Riesenländern kommt, die nicht einmal im Ansatz der deutschen Klimapolitik folgen.
Vom Verlust Der Freiheit
Raymond Unger
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