In a free society, the ‘vision thing' is left to private individuals; civil servants are kept on a tight leash, because free people understand that a ‘visionary' bureaucrat is a voracious one and that the grander the government... the poorer and less free the people. (Ilana Mercer)

In a free society, the ‘vision thing' is left to private individuals; civil servants are kept on a tight leash, because free people understand that a ‘visionary' bureaucrat is a voracious one and that the grander the government... the poorer and less free the people.

Ilana Mercer

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