“Having confidence in a free society is to focus on the process of discovery in the marketplace of values rather than to focus on some imposed vision or goal. Using governmental force to impose a vision on others is intellectual sloth and typically results in unintended, perverse consequences. Achieving the free society requires courage to think, to talk, and to act - especially when it is easier to do nothing.”
![“In a free society, the “vision thing” is left to private individuals; civil servants are kept on a tight leash, because free people understand that a “visionary” bureaucrat is a voracious one and that the grander the government [...] the poorer and less free the people.” quote by Ilana Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e21/ilana-mercer-6995_bureaucrats_in-a-free-society-the-vision-thing-is-le_2641564.jpg)
