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2022-03-09
I wanted to say something about the war in Ukraine going on right now. First, I am saddened but not surprised to see that the anti-war left is as good as dead. I can't say much more than that now. Gotta get to work. In the mean time, here are a few war quotes that were in my mind.
It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society.
The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.
'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.
Politicians hide themselves away\ They only started the war\ Why should they go out to fight?\ They leave that role to the poor