English translations of the aphorisms of Nicolás Gómez Dávila
November 6, 2010
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Where everyone believes he has a right to rule, everyone eventually prefers that one man alone rule. The tyrant frees each individual from the tyranny of his neighbor.
The original Spanish is:
ReplyDeleteDonde todos se creen con derecho a mandar, todos acaban prefiriendo que uno solo mande.
El tirano libera a cada individuo de la tiranía del vecino.