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John Anderson Direct: With Peter Hitchens, Author, Broadcaster & Journalist

John Anderson: Conversations

CHAPTER

Why Do We Flee for Security?

There's a perception, somehow or other, that maybe it's a feer thing. I think we've become very fearful and fear is a great inhibitor. And if people are afraid, they're much less inclined to be proud. In the anglo sphere, countries which prided themselves on having a tradition of lewisy stretching back to magna carta in the thirteenth century,. They turn out to be anxious to shelter under the wing of a strong authority. It's an all it's the old hobseyan bargain, isn't it? That youe yo exchange your yor your freedom for security?" "I'll do it because it's necessary to tell the truth

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