L. Neil Smith

What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#different #happened #independence #principle #secession

As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to talking back to the merchants of fear. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#comes #fear #higher #i #merchants

As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#first #first amendment #media #protected #should

Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#comrades #dead #friends #libertarian #national

City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#governments #health #measure #only #ought

Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#collective #constitutionally #corpses #incapable #producing

Government is waging war against the people. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#government #people #waging #war

I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

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I'm as radical as libertarians come. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#i #libertarians #radical

People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#appointed #day #elected #every #every day