Francis Schaeffer on Christ vs. Chaos

Schaeffer writes,

The central message of biblical Christianity is the possibility of men and women approaching God through the work of Christ. But the message also has secondary results, among them the unusual and wide freedoms which biblical Christianity gave to countries where it supplied the consensus. When these freedoms are separated from the Christian base, however, they become a force of destruction leading to chaos. When this happens, as it has today, then, to quote Eric Hoffer (1902-  ), "When freedom destroys order, the yearning for order will destroy freedom."

How Should We Then Live? in The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer. Vol 5. A Christian View of the West. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1982. p. 243-4.