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The English ‘Cato’ cautioned that sabre-rattling sanctions and other forms of coercion are never in the country’s economic interest.
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Peoples of another culture or region will not long tolerate a Government that uses guns and soldiers to secure their obedience.
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There are solid reasons why countries with lower taxes and less regulation tend to be more prosperous.
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The citizen should not dutifully accept government intrusion as the price of community life.
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In one of his ‘Cato Letters’, John Trenchard took issue with the view (popular in Westminster) that the public could not be left to make up their own minds.
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The authors of the ‘Cato Letters’ recalled how Greek general Timoleon replied when the people he had saved from oppression turned and bit him.