[Appalled but Not Surprised]

Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals>>

But the life of the individual without government is, to coin a phrase, nasty, brutish, and short.

[A Jovial Cad]

But the life of the individual without government is, to coin a phrase, nasty, brutish, and short

Thomas Hobbes said that, not some hysterical nitwit on the internet. You should credit those you quote, plagiarist.

[William Terrell]

Have you read "The Law" by Frederic Basiat? When a government goes beyond it's purpose of securing the natural rights f the people, protecting the nation against foreign aggression and the people against acts that deprive them of life , liberty and property by others, life of the individual becomes nasty, brutish and short.

Do you know the difference between malum in se and malum prohibitum offenses?

[dljordan]

"But the life of the individual without government is, to coin a phrase, nasty, brutish, and short."

Are you a politician or a bureaucrat? :)