Il est bien malaisé (puisqu’il faut enfin m’expliquer)
d’ôter à des insensés des chaînes qu’ils révèrent.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
Voltaire — François-Marie Arouet (1694 – 1778) — Le dîner du comte de Boulainvilliers (1767): Troisième Entretien.
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It seems like the reverence for chains is always for other people. Chains for people who, left to their own devices, will not do what is in the best interest of the community. But rarely does one say, I will take a chain because my neighbor would like that. I guess that’s why legislators need to check themselves and get balanced.