Posted on 03/25/2005 1:39:16 AM PST by ajolympian2004
No argument on that.
Any government which denies property rights will soon enough begin to deny the right to life and proceed to execute whomever it pleases. History offers plenty of examples. Freedom requires a right to own a place which is yours and to which you can retreat when no other place is safe. It also requires the right to own weapons and defend your property against all enemies, even when that enemy is the government. Without property rights no other rights can be maintained.
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