Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. – Thomas Macaulay
If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common. – Maynard James Keenan