L'arrogance Du Présent Quotes

“Those who hold power know very well the difference between a right and a permission … A right in a strict sense of the term gives access to the exercise of a power, at the expense of another power. A permission doesn’t diminish the power of the one who gives it; it doesn’t augment the power of the one who gets it. It makes his life easier, which is not nothing.”
― Jean-Claude Milner, L'arrogance Du Présent: Regards Sur Une Décennie, 1965 1975