It is often asserted that as woman has always been man's slave--subject--inferior--dependent, under all forms of government and religion, slavery must be her normal condition. This might have some weight had not the vast majority of men also been enslaved for centuries to kings and popes, and orders of nobility, who, in the progress of civilization, have reached complete equality.

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Anyone who studies declassified documents soon becomes aware that government secrecy is largely an effort to protect policy makers from scrutiny by citizens, not to protect the country from enemies.

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Liberties aren't given, they are taken. -- Aldous Huxley

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Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

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A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.

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Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations.

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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin

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There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches.

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Democracy is a very admirable form of government - for dogs

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So, I am independently well-off and don't have to do anything, but I still do. I write books, lecture around the world, work with scientists and governments.

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