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“From a humanist perspective, it's the government's job to protect people from each other, not from themselves. The government's sole role is to act as a referee of sorts, to find some kind of balance between an individual's right to control their own life and another person's right to not be exploited or hurt. (2002 interview in Attitude)”

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