To Avoid War, Keep the State Weak

John Glaser, June 05, 2012

The great Robert Higgs lists Axioms of Political Geometry. My two favorites:

  • The shortest distance between a free society and a totalitarian society passes through war.
  • The whole of society is greater than the part that government officials can comprehend, and much greater than the part that they can manage for the attainment of a desirable end.


One Response to “To Avoid War, Keep the State Weak”

  1. Drucilla
    June 11th, 2012 at 4:00 am

    The shortest distance between a free society and a totalitarian society passes through war.