I will not cede more power to the state.
I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General Motors, not to the CIO. I will hoard my power like a miser, resisting every effort to drain it away from me. I will then use my power as I see fit. I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth.
—William F. Buckley
I wonder whether Buckley realized the utter incompatibility of hoarding his power and being obedient to God…which one won out I wonder? His power or God's?
Ahh, you fail to understand. The point is not to cede our proper power to human institutions, so that we may live properly obedient lives to God.
Buckley makes me smile. I like him.
I'm glad.