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To: ican'tbelieveit
That government is best which governs least.

No argument there, but a government that implements policies which prevent it from surviving as a government will be replaced by a government that won't do that.

China was ruled by an Emperor for ~4,000 years. ~70 years after losing the Opium war this incredibly stable government was destroyed.

257 posted on 01/24/2015 5:10:11 PM PST by DiogenesLamp
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To: DiogenesLamp

Seems like our Founding Fathers had a better grasp of the appropriate role of government than you nanny-staters.

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.


268 posted on 01/24/2015 5:49:07 PM PST by ican'tbelieveit
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