“Benevolent despot and authoritative patriarch”

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There is a kind of flavor in this revival of the idea of God that I don’t like, it’s sort of sinister. People want to write into all sorts of documents that this country is under God. And in this idea of God there speaks the projection upon the cosmos of the benevolent despot, the great patriarh. Because of course it’s very convenient of people who want to play the part of benevolent despots and authoritative patriarchs to feel that they have some backing.