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Government has ceased to mean upholding and reinforcing the traditional rights and morals of the governed it now means compulsion in the service of social engineering.

Joseph Sobran

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Joseph Sobran
Age: 64 †
Born: 1946
Born: February 23
Died: 2010
Died: September 30
Journalist
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Ypsilanti
Michigan
Moral
Ceased
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Governed
Social
Compulsion
Government
Morals
Mean
Engineering
Traditional
Service
Upholding
Rights
Reinforcing

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