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In pursuit of what’s deemed as worthy objectives, decent people often pave the way for tyranny. The process usually begins by the piecemeal destruction of the foundations of liberty: private property, rule of law, voluntary exchange and limited government. Those basic rights often stand in the way of do-gooders’ objectives. Once those foundations have become seriously eroded, it’s an easy matter for egoists and tyrants to take over and produce an agenda quite different from the do-gooder intentions.
— Walter Williams
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Today is Wednesday, September 20th, the 263rd day of 2023. There are 102 days left in the year. It is National Gibberish Day, National Fried Rice Day, National Pepperoni Pizza Day, and National String Cheese Day.
On This Day
In 1187, Saladin began the Siege of Jerusalem.
In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda on the expedition that ultimately culminated in the first circumnavigation of the globe.
In 1792, French troops stopped an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
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