The Libertarian Enterprise
by Kevin S. Van Horn

12/11/05

Why has it been so hard for the American freedom movement to achieve any lasting, meaningful victories? Is it because our enemies are so powerful? Is it because so few really desire freedom? Or is it just possible that the seeds of failure lie within the activists themselves? The battlefield on which we are fighting is the human mind. The State's power rests primarily on the voluntary submission of its victims. If any sizable minority of the American populace had a clear understanding of the principles of liberty and a firm resolve not to submit to unjust 'laws,' their freedom could not be taken away. So the first order of business for the freedom movement must be to reclaim the territory of our own minds from the enemy...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp