"You can quote me, from when Christianity was established as the state religion, but one example of a state that has really followed a Christian policy? You can not index. In times of need - and the policy suffers chronic periods of emergency - the rulers have always been able to appeal to "exceptional circumstances" which demanded exceptional measures of defense. Since there are nations and classes, they live in a permanent state of mutual self-defense, which forces them to postpone perpetually at another time the application of humanitarian principles. " Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon, Milan, Mondadori, 1946, pp. 194-195.
... only the purity of means can justify the end, "id., p. 304
0 comments:
Post a Comment