Because government has tremendous power, it attracts people who are eager to game the system, obtaining by force of law what they could never achieve through consensus. (William A. Dembski)

Because government has tremendous power, it attracts people who are eager to game the system, obtaining by force of law what they could never achieve through consensus.

William A. Dembski

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