"Government is humbug. There is no government. Behind the noisy, smoke-belching, larger-than-life illusion of government are ordinary human beings. It isn't accurate to say government 'is composed of' people; government is simply people. They may be good people but they are very bad wizards. Mortals have no magic. Individuals are the only human reality. All groups are fictions. That is, groups have no concrete existence; they are not beings or entities in themselves; they exist only in the abstract, in the mind. Governments, nations, societies, classes, tribes, cub scout packs, football teams, corporations, labor unions, proletariats, political parties, majorities, elite minorities, communities, civilizations and such are all fictions. Those words only describe, or try to describe, a relationship between persons."
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A New Dawn for America : The Libertarian Challenge (1976) p. 16
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Roger MacBride
Roger Lea MacBride (6 August 1929 – 5 March 1995) was an American lawyer, political figure, writer, and television producer. He was the US presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in the 1976 elections.
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