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> [“A fascist is anyone who, seeing a man working hard and earning money, says, "He's getting more than we are, let's pass a law to take it away from him!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/a-fascist-is-anyone-who-seeing-a-man-working-hard-and-earning-money-2/)

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## More by John Hospers

> [“A fascist is a student who, seeing the representatives of a chemical industry recruiting on campus, cries, "Let's chase the bastard off! We have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/a-fascist-is-a-student-who-seeing-the-representatives-of-a-chemical/)

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> [“A fascist is anyone who, seeing a man working hard and earning money, says, "He's getting more than we are, let's pass”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/a-fascist-is-anyone-who-seeing-a-man-working-hard-and-earning-money/)

[John Hospers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hospers/)

> [By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations of personal liberty and individual rights are performed by governments... The major crimes throughout history,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/by-far-the-most-numerous-and-most-flagrant-violations-of-personal/)

[John Hospers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hospers/)

> [“The nearest approach to a libertarian government was the government of the United States at the time of its inception.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/the-nearest-approach-to-a-libertarian-government-was-the-government/)

[John Hospers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hospers/)

> [The greater the hold of government upon the life of the individual citizen, the greater the risk of war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/the-greater-the-hold-of-government-upon-the-life-of-the-individual/)

[John Hospers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hospers/)

> [An economy cannot long remain prosperous by government's taxing and spending more, now absorbing national output at a rate equal to the entire income…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/an-economy-cannot-long-remain-prosperous-by-government-s-taxing-and/)

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> [“Beware: the Government Is Armed and Dangerous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/beware-the-government-is-armed-and-dangerous/)

[John Hospers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hospers/)

> [...More than almost any current book, DTU will wake the reader from his dogmatic slumbers. It is eminently readable, challenging, and provocative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/more-than-almost-any-current-book-dtu-will-wake-the-reader-from-his/)

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> [“Should an individual or a government use force at all, even in retaliation? Clearly yes; complete pacifism is self-defeating.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/should-an-individual-or-a-government-use-force-at-all-even-in/)

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> [Whether or not we have personality disturbances, whether or not we have the ability to overcome deficiencies of early environment, is like the answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/whether-or-not-we-have-personality-disturbances-whether-or-not-we/)

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> [“A fascist is anyone who, seeing a man working hard and earning money, says, "He's getting more than we are, let's pass a law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/a-fascist-is-anyone-who-seeing-a-man-working-hard-and-earning-money-2/)

[John Hospers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hospers/)

> [“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/democracy-is-essentially-government-by-the-majority-and-a-majority/)

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> [“The tyranny of a majority can be just as cruel as the tyranny of a single dictator, depending on the degree of enlightenment or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/the-tyranny-of-a-majority-can-be-just-as-cruel-as-the-tyranny-of-a/)

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> [“Do you want to have free medical care at the expense of other people, whether they wish to provide it or not? But this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/do-you-want-to-have-free-medical-care-at-the-expense-of-other-people/)

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> [ Undertaking initially to protect its citizens against aggression, \[government\] has often itself become … a far greater aggressor. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hospers/undertaking-initially-to-protect-its-citizens-against-aggression/)

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