Oktober 26, 2010
"The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such terms have no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a very particular situation… most of our language about the organization and objectives of government is made up of such polar terms. Justice and injustice are typical. A reformer who wants to abolish injustice and create a world in which nothing but justice prevails, is like a man who wants to make everything up. Such a man might feel that if he took the lowest in the world and carried it up to the highest point and kept on doing this, everything would eventually become up. This would certainly move a great many objects and create an enormous amount of activity. It might or might not be useful, according to the standards, which we apply. However, it would never result in the abolishment of down."

— Thurman W. Arnold

By courtesy of “You didn’t just say that” by Josh Weiss.