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"Aye, free! Free as a tethered ass!" —W.S. Gilbert

"All the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and . . . the State should be abolished." —Benjamin Tucker

"You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." —James Madison

"Fat chance." —Sheldon Richman

Showing posts with label magna carta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label magna carta. Show all posts
Friday, June 13, 2025

TGIF: Magna Carta Day

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I wrote this in 2015 to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta , or Great Charter. In light of current events—featuring a president who a...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

King John Might Envy President Obama

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King John of England, who 800 years ago this week was forced at Runnymede to affix his Great Seal to Magna Carta -- which at least in theo...
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Friday, June 12, 2015

TGIF: Looking Back at Magna Carta

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Monday is the 800th anniversary of the day in 1215 that rotten King John put his seal to the sheet of parchment called the Articles of the ...
Friday, May 22, 2015

TGIF: Magna Carta and Libertarian Strategy

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UPDATED June 2, 2015 The middle of next month will mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. My knowledge of the “great charter” is modes...
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Father, grandfather, writer, editor, pipe smoker, free thinker, libertarian market anarchist, grouser, flosser. Author of six books, including "America's Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Reconsidered"; "Coming to Palestine"; and "What Social Animals Owe to Each Other."
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