Peter Carey Quote

[Democracy] is as without plans as it is without energy, as incapable of harm as it is incapable of good. It is powerless and passive. It lets society marcher tout seul without trying to direct it. Well, in the present state of affairs, it is perfect, no? In order to prosper? America does not need either leadership or deep-laid plans or great efforts, but liberty and still more liberty. The reason for this is that no one yet has any interest in abusing liberty. but wait, monsieur. It may take a century but le fou viendra.

Peter Carey

[Democracy] is as without plans as it is without energy, as incapable of harm as it is incapable of good. It is powerless and passive. It lets society marcher tout seul without trying to direct it. Well, in the present state of affairs, it is perfect, no? In order to prosper? America does not need either leadership or deep-laid plans or great efforts, but liberty and still more liberty. The reason for this is that no one yet has any interest in abusing liberty. but wait, monsieur. It may take a century but le fou viendra.

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Peter Carey (Australian rules footballer) (born 1954), Australian rules player for Glenelg
Peter Carey (English footballer) (born 1933), English footballer
Peter Carey (historian) (born 1948), British historian of south-east Asia
Peter Carey (novelist) (born 1943), Australian novelist
Peter Carey (umpire), Australian rules umpire
Peter G. Carey (1828–1897), American politician from Pennsylvania
"Black Peter" Carey, a fictional character in The Adventure of Black Peter, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle