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Freedom and the Vote

Freedom and the Vote

By Rev. R.J. Rushdoony / The Chalcedon Foundation

Never in all of man’s history has a country gained freedom by voting it in. Freedom is not a product of the ballot box.

Tyranny has a long history, and the cruelties practiced by some tyrants over their subjects present sickening reading. No tyrant ever gave his subjects an opportunity to vote him out.

How then has the change been made? By revolution? The long history of revolutions indicates that almost invariably one tyrant is traded for another, usually a far more fearful one. How then does society change? Full story...

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Posted by Editor at May 19, 2006 09:34 AM