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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. (’Atlas Shrugged’ 1957)

[Chode]

thank you...

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"Did you really think we want those laws observed? said Dr. Ferris. We want them to be broken..." Upon reading the question, I thought of exactly the same paragraph.

[brityank]

And along with that -- this:

"When you see that trading is done,
not by consent, but by compulsion –
"When you see that in order to produce,
you need permission from men who produce nothing –
"When you see that money is flowing to those who deal,
not in goods, but in favors –
"When you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by hard work,
and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you –
"When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming self-sacrifice –
You may know your society is doomed.”
      Atlas Shrugged
          Ayn Rand

Paul Harvey already gave us the Progressive/Obama template for the on-going destruction of America - "If I wanted America to fail"