 | Elliott Currie - 1994 - 422 pages
...inevitably come to regulate the whole of life; "once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of government to protect the individual against his own...objections can be advanced against further encroachments . . . Why not prevent him from reading bad books and seeing bad plays, from looking at bad paintings... | |
 | Lucas Bergkamp - 2003 - 777 pages
...certainly dangerous, habit-forming drugs. But once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of government to protect the individual against his own...objections can be advanced against further encroachments. A good case could be made out in favor of the prohibition of alcohol and nicotine. And why limit the... | |
 | Michael Shermer - 2008 - 346 pages
...certainly dangerous and habit forming drugs. But once a principle is admitted that it is the duty of government to protect the individual against his own...objections can be advanced against further encroachments. A good case could be made out in favor of the prohibition of alcohol and nicotine. And why limit the... | |
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But once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can be advanced against further encroachments. A good case could be made out in favor of the prohibition... 