One of the oldest notions in the history of mankind is that some people are to give orders and others are to obey. The powerful elite believe that they have wisdom superior to the masses and that they’ve been ordained to forcibly impose that wisdom on the rest of us.
via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/blogs/walter-williams/12-03-2013/masking-totalitarianism-negative-vs-positive-rights