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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first."
Thomas Jefferson
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This quote is entirely correct, which is why arguing for a more powerful government as a solution to the problem is so absurd. A constitutionally limited government as envisioned by the founding fathers is the only answer. The current corporatist bureaucratic abomination that grows grows bigger by the day is the root of the problem. More government is certainly not the solution. Government and bureaucracies are corrupt by their very nature. That is why the government needs to be as small and as limited in function as possible. Jefferson knew this...... that is why it is so amusing to see the socialists quoting him approvingly......seemingly oblivious to the irony. The cognitive dissonance is deafening.
