To Avoid War, Keep the State Weak

by | Jun 5, 2012 | News | 1 comment

The great Robert Higgs lists Axioms of Political Geometry. My two favorites:

  • The shortest distance between a free society and a totalitarian society passes through war.
  • The whole of society is greater than the part that government officials can comprehend, and much greater than the part that they can manage for the attainment of a desirable end.

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