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July 21, 2011
"The New Deal and Prohibition by Albert Jay Nock" March 1936
Once on a time they were comparatively a free people, regulating a large portion of their lives to suit themselves. They had a great deal of freedom as compared with other peoples of the world.But apparently they could not rest until they threw their freedom away. They made a present of it to their own politicians, who have made them sweat for their gullibility ever since. They put their liberties in the hands of a praetorian guard made up exactly on the old Roman model, and not only never got them back, but as long as that praetorian guard of professional politicians lives and thrives – which will be quite a while if its numbers keep on increasing at the present rate – they never will. -- The New Deal and Prohibition by Albert Jay Nock
Posted by Vanderleun at July 21, 2011 2:00 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Blame those fools who pushed through the 19th Amendment.
Posted by: Casca at July 21, 2011 4:46 PM
"Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer, and denies you the beer to cry into."
~~ Don Marquis (1878-1937) American Hurmorist, Journalist, and Author
Posted by: Clayton in Mississippi at July 21, 2011 9:50 PM