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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I'm tired of being considered property.

I'm tired of being considered property.

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...

Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead.

Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead.

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

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

I'm tired of living in a police state.

I'm tired of living in a police state.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate...

The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate...

The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade...

The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade...

We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security...

We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security...

Government is waging war against the people.

Government is waging war against the people.

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...

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...

City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure.

City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure.

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...

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...