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Does anyone have the name of the political commentator who was quoted a couple of weeks ago.?
The answerer was (I think)American. The gist of the quote was that no government has the right to reduce the prosperity of an individual. Any help with this and similar quotes,would be much appreciated.
2 Answers
- The PatriotLv 71 decade agoFavourite answer
"[The] policy [of my country] is, to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits. Though the interposition of government, in matters of invention, has its use, yet it is in practice so inseparable from abuse, that they think it better not to meddle with it." --Thomas Jefferson to M. L'Hommande, 1787. ME 6:255
- 1 decade ago
Kofi 'toothless' Annan?
"No government has the right to hide behind national sovereignty in order to violate the human rights or fundamental freedoms of its peoples"