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title: "3 Census Quotes By Tom G. Palmer"
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> [The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/the-first-census-in-1790-asked-just-six-questions-the-name-of-the/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

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> [The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/the-reason-the-government-sells-the-census-as-your-ticket-to-getting/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

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> [The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/the-government-has-become-a-mechanism-for-distributing-largess-and/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

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## More by Tom G. Palmer

> [To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/to-repeat-communitarians-maintain-that-we-are-constituted-as-persons/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/guardians-are-necessary-for-children-and-abnormal-adults-because-they/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/but-there-is-no-obvious-reason-for-holding-that-some-normal-adults/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/libertarians-typically-argue-that-particular-obligations-at-least/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/it-is-obvious-that-different-individuals-require-different-things-to/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/equality-of-rights-means-that-some-people-cannot-simply-impose/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/what-libertarians-assert-is-simply-that-differences-among-normal/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/the-first-census-in-1790-asked-just-six-questions-the-name-of-the/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [ \[L\]et me point out that libertarians defend a tradition of liberty that is the fruit of thousands of years of human history. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/l-et-me-point-out-that-libertarians-defend-a-tradition-of-liberty/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/libertarians-recognize-the-inevitable-pluralism-of-the-modern-world/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [At George Mason University I saw Hoppe present a lecture in which he claimed that Ludwig von Mises had set the intellectual foundation for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/at-george-mason-university-i-saw-hoppe-present-a-lecture-in-which-he/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/libertarians-recognize-the-difference-between-adults-and-children-as/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/group-personification-obscures-rather-than-illuminates-important/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [Obviously, all of us have been influenced by those around us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/obviously-all-of-us-have-been-influenced-by-those-around-us/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

> [The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/the-reason-the-government-sells-the-census-as-your-ticket-to-getting/)

[Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/)

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