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# Roger Pilon

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Roger Pilon is an American philosopher and constitutional scholar working in the classical liberal tradition. He is a senior fellow in the Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies, which he founded in 1989 and directed until January 2019.

##  Quotes by Roger Pilon

> [ \[T\]he vast regulatory structure the federal government has erected in the name of the commerce power cannot be ended overnight, in many… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-pilon/t-he-vast-regulatory-structure-the-federal-government-has-erected-in/)

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> [Madison understood that if you want to protect rights from government abuse, you would be wise not to give government the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-pilon/madison-understood-that-if-you-want-to-protect-rights-from-government/)

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> [Property is the foundation of every right we have, including the right to be free. Every legal claim, after all, is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-pilon/property-is-the-foundation-of-every-right-we-have-including-the-right/)

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> [Government today, far from protecting property, is its main threat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-pilon/government-today-far-from-protecting-property-is-its-main-threat/)

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