- Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of
authority.
It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution... - What, then is law [government]? It is the collective organization of
the individual right to lawful defense."
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Frederic Bastiat, "The... - Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it.
Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges... - Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils.
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General George Stark... - If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year,
that would ... [be] the definition of a peaceable revolution... - The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any
member of a civilized community,
against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His... - You [should] not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will
convey if properly administered,
but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the... - The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse
every time Congress meets
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Will... - The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
R. Buckminster... - Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may
be the most oppressive.
It may be better to live under robber barons than under...
