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February 17, 2006

QotD: Social Assistance

The dependent population does not like the state and its agents, indeed they hate them, but they soon come to fear the elimination of their good offices even more. They are like drug addicts who know that the drug that they take is not good for them, and hate the drug dealer from whom they obtain their drug, but cannot face the supposed pains of withdrawal.

Theodore Dalrymple, "Is 'Old Europe' Doomed?", Cato Unbound, 2006-02-06

Posted by Nicholas at February 17, 2006 09:57 AM
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