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If Every Person Has The Right To Defend - Even By Force - His Person, His Liberty, And His Property, Then It Follows That A Group Of Men Have The Right To Organize And Support A Common Force To Protect These Rights Constantly. Thus, Since An Individual Cannot Lawfully Use Force Against The Person, Liberty, Or Property Of Another Individual, Then The Common Force - For The Same Reason - Cannot Lawfully Be Used To Destroy The Person, Liberty, Or Property Of Individuals Or Groups.

As Long As It Is Admitted That The Law May Be Diverted From Its True Purpose - That It May Violate Property Instead Of Protecting It - Then Everyone Will Want To Participate In Making The Law, Either To Protect Himself Against Plunder Or To Use It For Plunder.

It Is Impossible To Introduce Into Society A Greater Change And A Greater Evil Than This: The Conversion Of The Law Into An Instrument Of Plunder.

Law Is Justice. And It Is Under The Law Of Justice - Under The Reign Of Right; Under The Influence Of Liberty, Safety, Stability, And Responsibility - That Every Person Will Attain His Real Worth And The True Dignity Of His Being. It Is Only Under This Law Of Justice That Mankind Will Achieve - Slowly, No Doubt, But Certainly - God's Design For The Orderly And Peaceful Progress Of Humanity.

You Compare The Nation To A Parched Piece Of Land And The Tax To A Life-giving Rain. So Be It. But You Should Also Ask Yourself Where This Rain Comes From, And Whether It Is Not Precisely The Tax That Draws The Moisture From The Soil And Dries It Up. You Should Also Ask Yourself Further Whether The Soil Receives More Of This Precious Water From The Rain Than It Loses By The Evaporation?