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Overthrowing the Constitution

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
A State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished; and that the perfection of machinery to which it has sacrificed everything will avail it nothing.
–  John Stuart Mill, On Liberty [1859]

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As president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, people send me books or book recommendations to read and review. It usually doesn’t take me long to see whether these books are consistent with the principled message of liberty that we have advanced here at FFF for 34 years. For example, an author recently sent me a description of his new book that analyzes the tangled web of tax policies at all levels of government….
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