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To: EBH

See my post 21 - I wonder what that section is really all about? Hmm - ozone? Wonder if they picked up on the the FR “getting the Zot”, smell of ozone, etc.”


23 posted on 01/01/2012 4:20:41 AM PST by 21twelve
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To: 21twelve
Beginning on page 411 of the 35th Anniversary Edition of Atlas Shrugged:

"Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against - then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now, that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."

26 posted on 01/01/2012 4:29:06 AM PST by EBH (God Humbles Nations, Leaders, and Peoples before He uses them for His Purpose)
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