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Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.


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The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.



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I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.

I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.



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Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.



A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.



Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.



Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.



Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

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