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> [Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, of course, lays out the delegated, enumerated, and therefore limited powers of Congress. Only through a deliberate misreading of the general welfare and commerce clauses of the Constitution has the federal government been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-crane/article-i-section-8-of-the-constitution-of-course-lays-out-the/)

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## More by Ed Crane

> [ \[T\]here are, at bottom, basically two ways to order social affairs, Coercively, through the mechanisms of the state - what we can call political… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-crane/t-here-are-at-bottom-basically-two-ways-to-order-social-affairs/)

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> [I think Franklin Roosevelt was a lousy president. What he did- which is to impose this great nanny state on America- was a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-crane/i-think-franklin-roosevelt-was-a-lousy-president-what-he-did-which-is/)

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> [What both the left and the right overlook is our Founders' wisdom about the limits and dangers of government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-crane/what-both-the-left-and-the-right-overlook-is-our-founders-wisdom/)

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> [Between 1994 and the year 2000, when the Republican majority was in control of the House of Representatives, President Clinton played House Speaker Newt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-crane/between-1994-and-the-year-2000-when-the-republican-majority-was-in/)

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> [Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, of course, lays out the delegated, enumerated, and therefore limited powers of Congress. Only through a deliberate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-crane/article-i-section-8-of-the-constitution-of-course-lays-out-the/)

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> [My own view on capital punishment is that it is morally justified, but that the government is often so inept and corrupt that innocent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-crane/my-own-view-on-capital-punishment-is-that-it-is-morally-justified-but/)

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> [Government is not peaceful; it is inherently coercive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-crane/government-is-not-peaceful-it-is-inherently-coercive/)

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> [Do we really want the people who created $40 trillion of unfunded liabilities in Social Security and Medicare in charge of our health care?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-crane/do-we-really-want-the-people-who-created-40-trillion-of-unfunded/)

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> [The history of mankind is a history of the subjugation and exploitation of a great majority of people by an elite few by what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-crane/the-history-of-mankind-is-a-history-of-the-subjugation-and/)

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> [The Third Way is simply a different route to the same destination. Ultimately, the choice is always between individual human liberty and the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-crane/the-third-way-is-simply-a-different-route-to-the-same-destination/)

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> [The federal government is a machine designed to increase its control over the lives of average Americans. It is constantly probing here, pushing there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-crane/the-federal-government-is-a-machine-designed-to-increase-its-control/)

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