Robert LeFevre (1911–1986) American libertarian businessman
Rampart Institute (Society for Libertarian Life edition), speech from 1978, p. 16.
Does Government Protection Protect (1979)
“So was hire joly whistle wel ywette.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer, book The Canterbury Tales
The Reeve's Tale, l. 4153
The Canterbury Tales
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