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To: Innovative

“Did you really think we want those laws observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them to be broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against... We’re after power and we mean 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 or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”

- Ayn Rand, 1957 -


47 posted on 09/15/2013 12:01:43 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ayn Rand wsa a visionary — unfortunately... yet people here today still don’t see it, until it will be way too late.

Government Seeking Inclusion of ‘Social and Behavioral’ Data in Health Records [more spying]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3066696/posts


48 posted on 09/15/2013 2:39:16 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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