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When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or a right boot is of no consequence. Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
All men have a right to remain in a state of nature as long as they please; and in case of intolerable oppression, civil or 
Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.
Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. 
I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his load by all possible means -- except by getting off his back.Top 100 Topics