I believe the central thesis is contained in the phrase: ``Each generation has the right and the responsibility to govern for its time and should no more bind future generations than past generations should bind today''. He referred to the notion of binding future generations to decisions of today as the greatest tyranny of all, the tyranny of ruling from beyond the grave (1300) We in our generation and the generation that preceded us are already ruling from the grave in one respect.
aujourd'hui puissent décider du sort de générations futures constitue, à son avis, la plus grande des tyrannies: la tyrannie des morts (1300) Notre génération et la génération qui a précédé la nôtre sont déjà en train d'imposer une tyrannie des morts.