Moral Hypocrisy - The Art of Commanding

Obedience has been most practised and fostered among mankind hitherto. The need thereof is now innate in every one, as a kind of formal conscience. This need tries to satisfy itself according to its strength, impatience, and eagerness. In Europe at present, I call it the moral hypocrisy of the commanding class. They know no other way of protecting themselves from their bad conscience than by playing the role of executors of older and higher orders. Or they even justify themselves by maxims from the current opinions of the heard or instruments of the public wheel.