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Quotes from Nature of Man and His Government — Robert LeFevre

1911–1986 United States

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Government may be intrinsically evil; clearly they operate on the basis of tax predation.

Nature of Man and His Government (1959)

Government alone, in all man’s inventions, is capable of independent life. Government alone, like Mrs. Shelley’s terrifying creation of the monster born in Frankenstein’s mind, has the power and the ability to turn upon its creators and destroy them.

Nature of Man and His Government (1959)

We know that men cannot be compelled to be good. They can only be prevented from being bad—a negative condition. We know from bitter experience that men cannot be forced into doing the wise thing, for such a forcement is foolishness.

Nature of Man and His Government (1959)

And thus we see the government is at once both protector and predator. It is not that governments begin in virtue only to end in sin. Government begins by protecting some against others and ends up protecting itself against everyone. This is the course of history.

Nature of Man and His Government (1959)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert LeFevre (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.