We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.

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The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of Rights was not directed at private citizens, but against the government-as an explicit declaration that individual rights supersede any public or social power.

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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.

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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.

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The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

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To preserve one's mind intact through a modern college education is a test of courage and endurance, but the battle is worth it and the stakes are the highest possible to man: the survival of reason.

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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

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You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

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Do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement.

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