"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments." - George Washington
I think this quote partners nicely with the story of the frog placed in a pot of water while the temperature of the water is increased slowly over time. The frog doesn't recognize the incremental change in temperature, and as the saying goes, the frog will boil to death as the temperature eventually reaches the boiling point.
Every day, our government passes new laws, and each law curbs our freedoms in one way or another, some justifiably and some not. However, they rarely repeal any of these laws, so that each day we have fewer and fewer freedoms. At some point, like the frog in the pot, we will have boiled to death following a long and caluclated assault by the government against our liberty.
Each small, insignificant chipping away of our freedoms adds up over time, making it necessary and very worthwhile to resist this assault each step of the way.
This is why I think laws like the one prohibiting the sale of incandescent lightbulbs are so insidious. In isolation, it's merely a minor inconvenience, but in the grand scheme of things, it's another brick in the wall of our jail cell.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt." - John Philpot Curran
I think this quote partners nicely with the story of the frog placed in a pot of water while the temperature of the water is increased slowly over time. The frog doesn't recognize the incremental change in temperature, and as the saying goes, the frog will boil to death as the temperature eventually reaches the boiling point.
Every day, our government passes new laws, and each law curbs our freedoms in one way or another, some justifiably and some not. However, they rarely repeal any of these laws, so that each day we have fewer and fewer freedoms. At some point, like the frog in the pot, we will have boiled to death following a long and caluclated assault by the government against our liberty.
Each small, insignificant chipping away of our freedoms adds up over time, making it necessary and very worthwhile to resist this assault each step of the way.
This is why I think laws like the one prohibiting the sale of incandescent lightbulbs are so insidious. In isolation, it's merely a minor inconvenience, but in the grand scheme of things, it's another brick in the wall of our jail cell.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance
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