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It Could Never Happen Here

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TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2025
There is little satisfaction from doing good if individuals are mandated to do the right thing. Character and responsibility are built when people voluntarily choose right over wrong, not when they are forced to do so.
– Mark Skousen, Liberty Magazine [September 1991]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
May 6, 2025
It Could Never Happen Here
Many Americans remain convinced that tyranny and oppression could never happen here in the United States. We are different from other countries, they say. We are more enlightened. We are exceptional. The United States will always be a free country, no matter what. Of course, there is always a problem with the meaning of the word “freedom.” It means different things to different …
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