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Politicians need human misery. ... Government's a disease masquerading as its own cure.
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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This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs.
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Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.
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We're most likely to lose our rights when we allow ourselves to be persuaded to deprive others of theirs.
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Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead.
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