What happened in America in... by L. Neil Smith, an American Writer

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“What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s.”

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Name: L. Neil Smith

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: May 12, 1946

Profession: Writer

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Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.

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We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.

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I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.

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The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners.

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Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and regulations which cripple those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women and destroy their productive capacity, then stand back and watch the economy boom.

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