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In the process of helping some (perhaps most) people to more utility and justice, the state imposes on civil society a system of interdictions and commands.

Anthony de Jasay

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Anthony de Jasay
Age: 93 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: January 23
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