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I'm as radical as libertarians come.

L. Neil Smith

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L. Neil Smith
Age: 75 †
Born: 1946
Born: May 12
Died: 2021
Died: August 27
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Lester Neil Smith III
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Politicians need human misery. ... Government's a disease masquerading as its own cure.
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Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day.
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[N]o one's ever been able to show me any difference between democracy and brute force. It's just a majority ganging up on a minority with the minority giving in to avoid getting massacred.
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What I want to accomplish artistically amounts to nothing more than fulfilling the promise of the American Revolution.
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Know when to give up a lost cause. Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be.
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