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| 24439 | Authority is unnatural, and social ills are because we cannot act according to reason |
| Full Idea: Godwin proposed the classic anarchist argument that authority is against nature, and that social ills exist because men are not at liberty to act according to reason. | |||
| From: report of William Godwin (Enquiry Concerning Political Justice [1798]) by George Woodcock - Anarchism: A Historical Introduction 2 | |||
| A reaction: This seems particularly true when a large country has a central government, from which many regions are very distant. We are all often stuck watching while rational solutions are not implemented. Potholes in roads. |