To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so.
To be governed is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished.
It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be place(d) under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored.(h/t to John Stossel)
Amen.
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There is a story out today that the alleged Christmas Day underwear bomber, didnt have a blasting cap, therefore it couldnt have blown up! A small little fact that should further be investigated.
Wasnt it Roosevelt who said, "all we have to fear is fear itself", well it looks to me like 2010 will be a continuation of the decade of fear. Stop being fearful, grab your constitution, demand term limits, demand campaign financing of every elected official and then every sitting elected out of office. We need a whole new deck!
The words stand on their own. One need not subscribe to his philosophy (which I noted is rather conflictingly described as both socialist and anarchist) nor his every pronunciation to cite this quote "approvingly."
Sorry you seem confused by the obvious distinction.
You are leaving out 2/3rds of the context. He said
"Property is theft.
Property is impossible.
Property is freedom."