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Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to mans rig

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to mans rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. – Ayn Rand

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So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money? – Ayn Rand

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Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. – Ayn Rand

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We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. – Ayn Rand

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I dont think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldnt surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number? – Andy Rooney

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Conservatives are winning offices, and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now. – Rick Perry

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Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government. – Alexander Hamilton

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Fascism is capitalism in decay. – Lenin (Vladimir Ulyanov)

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