A Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling.

Robert A. Heinlein

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Fourth Government Other Stupid Three

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Robert A. Heinlein
American - Writer
July 7, 1907 - May 8, 1988

Government! Three-fourths parasitic and the rest stupid fumbling - oh, Harshaw concluded that man, a social animal, could not avoid government, any more than an individual could escape bondage to his bowels. But simply because an evil was inescapable was no reason to term it "good." He wished that government would wander off and get lost! (96)

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