Does the State Protect Us?

Tags: Philosophy and Methodology, Political Theory, Big Government, War and Foreign Policy

01/06/2010 Frank Chodorov

When the enemy is at the gates, the individual abdicates his self-reliance and places himself unreservedly under the direction of the captain; he gives up his freedom in order to attain freedom. Or so he thinks, writes Frank Chodorov (1887–1966).

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