Stories from Britain and elsewhere confirming the social and economic benefits of keeping politicians and their cronies out of the trade and business of ordinary people.
The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police reiterated that
what they liked best was a policeman who never arrested anyone.
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The Letter of the Law
ByA. G. Gardiner
After witnessing a bus conductor’s battle of wills with the London public,
journalist Alfred Gardiner felt obliged to give him a little advice.
75
The Most Perfect State of Civil Liberty
ByOliver Goldsmith
Chinese merchant Lien Chi tells a colleague that English liberties
have little to do with elections, taxes and regulations.
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The Dogmatist
ByEdmond Gore Alexander Holmes
Schools inspector Edmond Holmes expressed frustration with those
who think that society at large owes them unthinking obedience.
77
A Moral and Religious People
ByJohn Adams
John Adams, the second President of the USA, told army officers in
Massachusetts that the Constitution he had helped to draw up could not guarantee them liberty.
78
A Backward Step
ByWilliam Lecky
As William Lecky watched the rapid spread of socialism across the
European Continent, he was struck by a powerful sense of déjà vu.
