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Stephen Chapman - Libertarian
Advocates for Self-Government
Advocates for Self-Government
Writings
Is There a God? By Andrew Sullivan and Steve Chapman, Slate, 8 Oct 1996
"You say that we all have faith, in the form of a sense of 'something greater and better than ourselves.' Isn't that just a way of saying we all have imaginations? ... Our imaginations, after all, allow us to entertain all sorts of fantasies and impossibilities."
"You say that we all have faith, in the form of a sense of 'something greater and better than ourselves.' Isn't that just a way of saying we all have imaginations? ... Our imaginations, after all, allow us to entertain all sorts of fantasies and impossibilities."
Interviews
Takings Exception: Maverick legal scholar Richard Epstein on property, discrimination, and the limits of state action, Reason, Apr 1995
Related Topic: Richard A. Epstein
"We know that in the old days of the Polish parliament, which required unanimous votes, they often got unanimity by taking the lone dissenter and throwing him out the window. On the other hand, rampant majoritarianism means that 51 percent can indeed confiscate the wealth of all 49 percent, which is what you get under the New Deal."
Related Topic: Richard A. Epstein
"We know that in the old days of the Polish parliament, which required unanimous votes, they often got unanimity by taking the lone dissenter and throwing him out the window. On the other hand, rampant majoritarianism means that 51 percent can indeed confiscate the wealth of all 49 percent, which is what you get under the New Deal."