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Severus of Antioch
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"Good. But if anything I wish it were even more comprehensive. I'm not going to finish by the end of the year but that's ok." Dec 28, 2025 06:01PM

 
The Law
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Mel Foster Mel Foster said: " An excellent little primer from 1850 on the libertarian view of the law and government. Very witty. Very quotable. And yes, very idealistic.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”
Friedrich Nietzsche

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“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.”
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J.R.R. Tolkien
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
J.R.R. Tolkien

John Stuart Mill
“I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.”
John Stuart Mill

Thomas Szasz
“When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him..”
Thomas Stephen Szasz

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