Catallaxy ® Institute - Classical Liberalism

Inactivity, unaspiringness, absence of desire, are a more fatal hindrance to improvement than any misdirection of energy; and are that through which alone, when existing in the mass, any very formidable misdirection by an energetic few becomes possible. It is this, mainly which retains in a savage or semi-savage state the great majority of the human race. (Considerations on Representative Government)

Mill, John Stuart

On Liberty and Other Essays

1991 , p. 252