"Every collectivist [fascist, socialist, communist or other statist, big government] revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of 'emergency'. It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. And 'emergency' [and 'the current crisis'] became the justification of the subsequent steps [many times normally illegal steps, that made their governments bigger and more powerful and their citizens less free]. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains. [All lovers of personal freedom must be aware that this is a tried and proven tactic that statist politicians, bureaucrats, crony capitalists and warmongers have and will forever use to usurp power and trammel individual human rights to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and personal property, and the rule of law, while enriching and empowering themselves. They should also never believe the usual claims that removing these extraordinary powers will be a simple matter as by then the beneficiaries and vested interests will fight tooth and nail to keep what they have become used to. Any emergency powers and steps should therefore always be seen in this cautionary light and have, at the very least, built in 'sunset clauses' that remove the extraordinary powers and steps on a certain date or set in motion an immediate general election and the dissolution of the existing government, to reset the democratic legitimacy and mandate to govern.] "
Herbert Hoover
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