Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Only Proper Function of Government

Thanks to Stephen Jenner who posted the following  in a comment on Daniel Hannon's blog at 

As Ayn Rand wrote: “the only proper functions of the government are "the police, to protect men from criminals; the military forces, to protect men from foreign invaders; and the law courts, to protect men's property and contracts from breach by force or fraud, and to settle disputes among men according to objectively defined laws."

Thus is government to have a monopoly of force, but not of power.

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