The Reigning Prince of Liechtenstein, Hans-Adam II, in a somewhat-Wagnerian-but-mostly-Buchanan-esque statement: One can compare the state with a large commercial aircraft. The aircraft carries its passengers through space, whereas the state carries its passengers - the citizens - through time. If the aircraft is badly designed and has a tendency to crash now and then, one tries to rectify the deficiency of the design and does not blame the pilot and the passengers. With states one is inclined to blame the politicians or the people who have chosen them, instead of designing state systems that are as safe as possible and that will give their passengers a better chance of survival if they crash.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 21:31:03 +0000
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