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“Governments and citizens blend together only in the imaginations of political theorists. Government is, and always will be, an alien power over private citizens. There is no magic in a ballot box that makes government any less coercive.”

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Book:Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen
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“Americans' liberty is perishing beneath the constant growth of government power. Federal, state and local government's are confiscating citizens' property, trampling their rights, and decimating their opportunities more than ever before.... American liberty can still be rescued from the encroachments of government. The first step to saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose unless fundamental political changes occur.”

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“Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.”

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Book:Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty
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