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Thursday, February 7. 2008

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"Any time you give power to government, it will be abused, it will be enlarged, it will be used in ways you never intended."

Harry Browne on The Drudge Report 7-31-99

Posted by Bird Dog in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 11:19 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Because if you give people power, they tend to enlarge it, use it and abuse it in ways you never intended. And that's one of the great values of elections -- bloodless overthrow when the rest of the people have had enough.
#1 Dr X (Link) on 2008-02-07 11:34 (Reply)
"Overthrow" only means something when it comes to dictators and kings.

In our system, the government keeps the accumulated power regardless of the individuals filling the seats.
#1.1 BD on 2008-02-07 11:46 (Reply)
Browne had it right, which is why I continue to be mystified by conservative complicity in the manic expansion of executive branch power in the Bush administration. Think of the fun HRC will have with that. "Homeland Security" will mean things you never expected.
#2 wph on 2008-02-07 11:53 (Reply)

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