L. K. Samuels - Government Quotes

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The revelation that systems organize on their own sat poorly with the apostles of social sciences—especially political scientists who base their theories on imposing external controls to achieve selected political goals. They are accustomed to thinking about government-produced certainties, not ambiguous probabilities. In their linear calculations, humanity must be physically forced to follow the guiding light of political leaders or flavor-of-the-month ideologies. The economy and human actions must march in step with legislative or dictated law, no matter what the outcome. Yet natural systems do not operate this way.

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When it comes right down to physical war and bloodshed, governments don't protect people; people protect governments.

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Government succeeds by failing: the more incompetence, the greater the potential reward in the arena of the public sector.

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Governments are terrorists, but they hide their actions behind the label of nationalism and patriotism: war becomes defense; theft becomes taxation ; slavery becomes 'conscription'; terrorism becomes 'defense.' Few people question the violations; rather, if they do protest, it is because the government is oppressing the 'wrong' group of people, and not because they regard coercion itself as wrong.

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Freedom does not guarantee wealth or success; it guarantees only the individual's right to pursue them. Despite political promises of personal security from hunger and poverty, government cannot lessen the plight of the poor. Rather, the welfare state prolongs poverty and nurtures people's dependence on handouts. This is no accident. There is no better way to control members of society than to make them insecure and eager to accept any type of legislation in exchange for a so-called free lunch.

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