tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5237925.post6583451938213501352..comments2023-08-16T13:30:36.797-06:00Comments on Peace or Freedom: When it doubt, assume the Feds are lyingRagin' Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421198497767878287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5237925.post-75666727018449752172019-09-26T06:11:20.008-06:002019-09-26T06:11:20.008-06:00I think there needs to be a corollary to the dictu...I think there needs to be a corollary to the dictum that "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely". While that is true, it assumes that the people who were in power were good to start and got corrupted. The already corrupt are attracted to power, precisely because it gives them more of what they want. The more power, the more corrupt people will seek it out, and greater the level of corruption in the people who attain it.Ragin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421198497767878287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5237925.post-77055964482634342882019-09-25T06:27:32.756-06:002019-09-25T06:27:32.756-06:00"In order to obtain and hold power, a man mus..."In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to be coupled with goodness, but with the opposite qualities of pride, craft, and cruelty." -- Leo Tolstoy<br /><br />Anyone who:<br />-- is aware of the genesis of government;<br />-- has a passing knowledge of the history of governments;<br />-- is acquainted with the sort of person who aspires to sit in a government;<br /><br />...will refuse to trust government -- <b><i>any</i></b> government.Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.com