Paine
The Right Medicine
"Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer." --Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
This simple statement says everything we need to know about the impact of government intrusion into our daily lives.
The Progressives (Liberals/Socialists/Communists) propound that the words of our founders establishing the cornerstone foundations of life, liberty and property are not applicable in this modern era.
These words, as well as those in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution are timeless.
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