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Government is the most dangerous institution known to man. Throughout history it has violated the rights of men more than any individual or group of … - John Hospers
" "Government is the most dangerous institution known to man. Throughout history it has violated the rights of men more than any individual or group of individuals could do: it has killed people, enslaved them, sent them to forced labor and concentration camps, and regularly robbed and pillaged them of the fruits of their expended labor. Unlike individual criminals, government has the power to arrest and try; unlike individual criminals, it can surround and encompass a person totally, dominating every aspect of one's life, so that one has no recourse from it but to leave the country (and in totalitarian nations even that is prohibited).
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About John Hospers
(9 June 1918 – 12 June 2011) was an American philosopher and politician. In 1972 he became the first presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, and was the only new party candidate to receive an Electoral College vote in that year's U.S. Presidential election.
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The only proper role of government, according to libertarians, is that of the protector of the citizen against aggression by other individuals. The government, of course, should never initiate aggression; its proper role is as the embodiment of the retaliatory use of force against anyone who initiates its use.
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