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Nothing Is More Senseless Than To Base So Many Expectations On The State, That Is, To Assume The Existence Of Collective Wisdom And Foresight After Taking For Granted The Existence Of Individual Imbecility And Improvidence.

Law Is Justice. In This Proposition A Simple And Enduring Government Can Be Conceived. And I Defy Anyone To Say How Even The Thought Of Revolution, Of Insurrection, Of The Slightest Uprising Could Arise Against A Government Whose Organized Force Was Confined Only To Suppressing Injustice.

If Socialists Mean That Under Extraordinary Circumstances, For Urgent Cases, The State Should Set Aside Some Resources To Assist Certain Unfortunate People, To Help Them Adjust To Changing Conditions, We Will, Of Course, Agree. This Is Done Now; We Desire That It Be Done Better. There Is However, A Point On This Road That Must Not Be Passed; It Is The Point Where Governmental Foresight Would Step In To Replace Individual Foresight And Thus Destroy It.

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.

It Is Not True That The Legislator Has Absolute Power Over Our Persons And Property, Since They Pre-exist, And His Work Is Only To Secure Them From Injury. It Is Not True That The Mission Of The Law Is To Regulate Our Consciences, Our Ideas, Our Will, Our Education, Our Sentiments, Our Works, Our Exchanges, Our Gifts, Our Enjoyments. Its Mission Is To Prevent The Rights Of One From Interfering With Those Of Another, In Any One Of These Things.