"...It can be said that the President desires nothing more than to promote the general welfare, and the general welfare requires a reduction in the vast disparity between the very wealthy and the rest of us.  Perhaps so: but note that the President does not offer the alternative of giving up some of the regulations and rules and the swarms of officers who harass the people and eat out their substance.” - Jerry Pournelle

(Via Bill Quick)

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"If your reaction to a proposal is ‘HOLY SHIT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN,’ then as a government lawyer and member of law enforcement, you almost certainly shouldn’t be doing it.” - quoted by Ken

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"The defence of civilisation against barbarism cannot be organised merely to make life convenient for the Police.” - Brian Micklethwait

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"Until we force agents of tyranny to face individual consequences for their actions, they will continue to behave as barbarian savages preying on the communities that support them.” - Bill Quick

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