“To say “unlimited government” is a redundancy and to say 'limited government' is a contradiction. All you have to say is 'government.'”

Rampart Institute, (Society for Libertarian Life edition), from 1977 speech, p. 19.
Good Government: Hope or Illusion? (1978)

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