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“Government is a necessary<\/em> evil.\u00a0 And the greater the distance of the government from the effects of their decisions… the more evil government necessarily<\/em> becomes.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Government is a necessary evil.\u00a0 And the greater the distance of the government from the effects of their decisions… the more evil government necessarily becomes.” Comments? 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