The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid panic, is that the violent government excesses we're seeing today are far from unprecedented.

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Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.

Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.

I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.

I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.

We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to...

We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to...

The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military -...

The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military -...

Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and...

Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and...

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation...

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation...

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's...

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's...

A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say...

A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say...

As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people...

As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people...

Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.

Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.

I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at...

I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at...

It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable...

It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable...

I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other...

I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other...

As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be.

As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be.

The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than...

The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than...

Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the...

Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the...

Today, human civilization is drowning in a sea of lies.

Today, human civilization is drowning in a sea of lies.

People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act...

People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act...

This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that...

This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that...

What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of...

What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of...