"My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration and reverence from my fellow-beings, through no fault, and no merit, of my own. The cause of this may well be the desire, unattainable for many, to understand the few ideas to which I have with my feeble powers attained through ceaseless struggle."
No man should be idolized. Much of what we do today in our society...
Bowing to the head of state is more done out of respect than any religious duty.
And before you get all high and mighty on the monarchists, keep in mind that many people currently feel the same sort of reverence to the current president. Even worse, many feel this towards the latest hollywood starlet.
"My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration and reverence from my fellow-beings, through no fault, and no merit, of my own. The cause of this may well be the desire, unattainable for many, to understand the few ideas to which I have with my feeble powers attained through ceaseless struggle."
No man should be idolized. Much of what we do today in our society...