"I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close. Whatever confidence and optimism I felt towards the central government when I got here on January 1, 1970 has pretty much dissipated at the hands of the government."

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Source: George Will's Libertarian Evolution. Interview with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch, reason.com. December, 2013.

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