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While it is relatively easy to see that government is a bully, a thief, and a killer, the most baneful effect of government has always been psychological. Government convinced man that it was an absolute necessity for human survival. ‘No matter how bad a government may be, it is better than no government.’ No other church had a more convincing argument.

— Robert LeFevre A Way to Be Free: The Autobiography of Robert LeFevre, Volume I (1999)

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