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Richard D. Baris
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Our Virtuous Republic: The Forgotten Clause in the American Social Contract
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“Limited government is not a means to liberty, it is an end. That is to say, there are always going to be a group of citizens who cannot meet their basic needs, and there most assuredly will always be politicians willing to promise that they will meet them. The difference between liberty and tyranny by popular support, or correctly termed “democratic despotism, ” is little more than the vehicle a free society chooses to use in order to meet those needs. ”
― Our Virtuous Republic: The Forgotten Clause in the American Social Contract
― Our Virtuous Republic: The Forgotten Clause in the American Social Contract
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations get corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”
― The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
― The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Limited government is not a means to liberty, it is an end. That is to say, there are always going to be a group of citizens who cannot meet their basic needs, and there most assuredly will always be politicians willing to promise that they will meet them. The difference between liberty and tyranny by popular support, or correctly termed “democratic despotism, ” is little more than the vehicle a free society chooses to use in order to meet those needs. ”
― Our Virtuous Republic: The Forgotten Clause in the American Social Contract
― Our Virtuous Republic: The Forgotten Clause in the American Social Contract
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