Beth Cody
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January 2013
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“Any representative, state or federal, who votes for passage of a bill that is later judged to be unconstitutional will spend five years in jail and be fined a very large penalty. And our Supreme Court doesn’t move as slowly as yours did. Cases reach the Court within a year of filing.”
― Looking Backward: 2162-2012 A View from a Future Libertarian Republic
― Looking Backward: 2162-2012 A View from a Future Libertarian Republic
“Only wealthy societies can afford to care about the environment. People who are worried about enough jobs for everyone, about putting food on the table – those people will always be on the side of more development, putting off environmental issues for later.”
― Looking Backward: 2162-2012 A View from a Future Libertarian Republic
― Looking Backward: 2162-2012 A View from a Future Libertarian Republic
“Some people are born more beautiful or more coordinated or smarter than others. Should government operate on beautiful people to make them more ugly, or physically handicap people who are extra coordinated?” West looked horrified. “Yes, the idea rightly fills us with revulsion, yet you’re saying that you think it was okay for your government to make productive people poorer to try to ‘even out’ wealth.”
― Looking Backward: 2162-2012 A View from a Future Libertarian Republic
― Looking Backward: 2162-2012 A View from a Future Libertarian Republic

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