New First Law of Politics. State power expands to fill any area surrendered by a formerly free people. Liberty is like a garden . Weed it and tend it, or it will swiftly be choked by thorns and rankness. (Peter Hitchens)

New First Law of Politics. State power expands to fill any area surrendered by a formerly free people. Liberty is like a garden . Weed it and tend it, or it will swiftly be choked by thorns and rankness.

Peter Hitchens

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