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"Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence."

"The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization."

"You can't trust anyone you have to pay, and really, they can't trust you."

"Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."

"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."

"A global democracy works only when countries trust one another."
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"Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance."


"What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights."


"It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives."


"Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common good."


"It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing."


"The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket."


"But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe."
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