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                       The Ten Truths of Tyranny
                                   by
                       Matt Giwer (c) 1994 <9/30>

     1)   Any law the electorate sees as being open to being perverted
from its original intent will be perverted in a manner that exceeds the
manner of perversion seen at the time.
     2)   Any law that is so difficult to pass it requires the citizens
be assured it will not be a stepping stone to worse laws will in fact be
a stepping stone to worse laws.
     3)   Any law that requires the citizens be assured the law does not
mean what the citizens fear, means exactly what the citizens fear.
     4)   Any law passed in a good cause will be interpreted to apply to
causes against the wishes of the people.
     5)   Any law enacted to help any one group will be applied to harm
people not in that group.
     6)   Everything the government says will never happen will happen.
     7)   What the government says it could not foresee it planned for.
     8)   When there is a budget shortfall the citizens will be given
the choice between higher taxes or the loss of essential government
services.
     9)   Should the citizens mount a successful effort to stop a piece
of legislation the same legislation will be passed under a different
name.
     10)  All deprivations of freedom and choice will be increased
rather than reversed.

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     A government is a tyranny when it sets itself above the will and
judgement of the people and refuses to comply with the wishes of the
people.
     A government is a tyranny when it lies to the people to get what it
wants.
     A government is a tyranny when the traditional rights of the people
are treated as obstacles to the objectives of government.
     A government is a tyranny when it creates animosities among the
people.
     A government is a tyranny when it blames the people for not
stopping it from acting against the wishes of the people.

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--
Robert Tiptrie
 [Pithy quote here]


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