Quote of the day III

From the comments to this post at The Smallest Minority.  (And read the entire post, it's well worth it.)

“Political tags—such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal conservative, and so forth—are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.”  - Robert Heinlein

I think that's a damn good summation.