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Quote from Sanford Levinson,

"It seems foolhardy to assume that the armed state will necessarily be benevolent. The American political tradition is, for good or ill, based in large measure on a healthy mistrust of the state."



By:

Sanford Levinson (more quotes by Sanford Levinson or books by/about Sanford Levinson)


(1941- ) University of Texas law professor

Source:

The Embarrassing Second Amendment, 99 YALE L.J. 637, 656 (1989).

Categories:

America, Politics, Statism, Trust

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