All government is, in its essence, organized exploitation, and in virt…

H. L. Mencken
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All government is, in its essence, organized exploitation, and in virtually all of its existing forms it is the implacable enemy of every industrious and well-disposed man. ✨ The Constitution. Baltimore Evening Sun, August 19, 1935.
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