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The basis for a firm State power lies in our best self, not our ordinary selves
Drawn from what Matthew Arnold said
What Matthew Arnold actually said
- Matthew Arnold English poet and cultural critic (1822 to 1888)
We want an authority, and we find nothing but jealous classes, checks, and a dead-lock; culture suggests the idea of the State. We find no basis for a firm State-power in our ordinary selves; culture suggests one to us in our best self.
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↗Culture and Anarchy (1869, first edition)gutenberg.org
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