Einstein to Freud .....

[nhboy]

"Political leaders or governments owe their power either to the use of force or to their election by the masses. They cannot be regarded as representative of the superior moral or intellectual elements in a nation. " (A. Einstein)

 

[This_person]

"Political leaders or governments owe their power either to the use of force or to their election by the masses. They cannot be regarded as representative of the superior moral or intellectual elements in a nation. " (A. Einstein)

Interesting quote. For the latter of Mr. Einstein's thoughts on what governments owe their power to (he's inaccurate for the two options, but that's a whole different line of discussion), he is implying that the will of the masses is not in and of itself an expression of the moral elements of a nation. I wonder what he would have thought the moral elements of the nation, if not the will of the majority.