"When a government becomes powerful, it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurper which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance for votes with which to perpetuate itself." - Cicero "Government is not reason. It is not eloquence. It is force." - George Washington "In all that people can do for themselves, the government ought not to interfere." - Abraham Lincoln "The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power." - John Stuart Mill "The government's role is whatever the government defines it to be." - Helen Clark |
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Friday, November 09, 2007
Venezuela Is it any wonder that developing countries end up with shitty governments? The decent governments eventually get voted out but the bad ones .make sure they never : Gunmen opened fire on students returning from a march Wednesday in which 80,000 people denounced President Hugo Chavez's attempts to expand his power. At least eight people were injured, including one by gunfire, officials said.Since New Zealand is sliding down the economic ladder towards second world status, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that our left wing government is also messing with the electoral system to prevent its own demise. |
