Quote#Freedom
Equality as it is currently pursued is incompatible with true…
Quote byIrving Babbitt · 1865–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Democracy and Leadership (1924).
English (original)
Equality as it is currently pursued is incompatible with true liberty; for liberty involves an inner working with reference to standards, the right subordination, in other words, of man's ordinary will to a higher will. There is an inevitable clash, in short, between equality and humility.
— Irving Babbitt
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