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We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.

Herbert Spencer

Freedom, Taxes

Herbert Spencer (2016). “The Principles of Ethics - Completed: Great Essays”, p.667, VM eBooks

If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves? If people by a plebiscite elect a man despot over them, do they remain free because the despotism was of their own making?

Herbert Spencer

Freedom, Men, People

Herbert Spencer, John Offer (1994). “Spencer: Political Writings”, p.76, Cambridge University Press