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A Quote to Ponder
ByWhen plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
– Frederic Bastiat, “The Law”, 1850
[h/t Open Left - comments thread]
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May 10th, 2010 at 7:02 am
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
- Noam Chomsky
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May 11th, 2010 at 12:16 am
I never thought I’d see libertarian icon Bastiat quoted on Scrutiny Hooligans.
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May 11th, 2010 at 12:31 am
* See Title 26 U.S.C.*
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