Since, then, this forcible resistance to the injustice of the government is the only possible means of preserving liberty, it is indispensable to all legal liberty that this resistance should be legalized.

And if it be but suffered to be executed, it must then be borne; for the government never makes compensation for its own wrongs.

It is manifest that the only security against the tyranny of the government lies in forcible resistance to the execution of the injustice; because the injustice will certainly be executed, unless it be forcibly resisted.

So long, therefore, as the oppressions of a government are kept within such limits as simply not to exasperate against it a power greater than its own, the right of revolution cannot be appealed to, and is therefore inapplicable to the case.

The right of revolution, therefore, is a right of no practical value, except for those who are stronger than the government.

All unsuccessful attempts at revolution, however justifiable in themselves, are punished as treason, if the government be permitted to judge of the treason. The government itself never admits the injustice of its laws, as a legal defence for those who have attempted a revolution, and failed.

The government itself never acknowledges this right. And the right is practically established only when and because the government no longer exists to call it in question. The rightr therefore, can be exercised with impunity, only when it is exercised victoriously.

The right of revolution, which tyrants, in mockery, accord to mankind, is no legal right under a government; it is only a natural right to overturn a government.

It is important to keep in mind that the genesis of these miracles was not the deliberate intent to effect a miracle; they were the fruits of a heavenly principle: that man's rights are the endowment not of government but of the Creator -- the exclusive source of all creativity!

When citizens cannot turn to government for security, welfare or prosperity, to whom or what do they turn? To themselves! Result? Self-reliance and the greatest outburst of creative energy ever known -- miracles by the millions.

LOOT -- Living Off Others Thoughtlessly.! Who wouldn't shy away from being known as a looter? The few who understand the detail here at issue gave their approval.

Can this be enlightened? Finding explanatory words is our problem -- words that will "strikehome."

The millions who coercively take the fruits of your and my labor unto themselves are not only unaware of the causes of economic affluence but they are equally unaware of the sin they commit. Theirs is the sin of ignorance.

How is this plundering "financed"? By the issuance of so-called legal tender, that is, by fiat or irredeemable paper money: inflation.

Why this monetary nonsense? Millions of unaware citizens regard the enormous aggregate of marketable goods and services as a huge grab bag to be plundered.

When honest, money works infallibly, no one giving its workability a second thought; productivity increases and exchanges multiply.However, when the causes of our miraculous economic ascendancy are not understood, inflation -- a dilution of the medium of exchange -- sets in. Printing money is easier than producing goods, and today inflation is on the rampage!

The bird is no longer in the nest. Why? The early and clearly recognized correlation between labor and productivity -- physical and intellectual -- served as a springboard for successes today, and so fantastic, that hardly anyone traces the effect back to causes.

The correlation between productive labor and having the wherewithal needed for survival was simple; reward was clearly proportioned to effort. The bird was in the nest!

Success is not dangerous when we grasp the causes; it is loaded with danger when we are blind to them. Our early ancestors, by and large, knew the causes of success. It was hard work from morning till night -- everything from sawing wood to growing and harvesting corn to making candles.

Those of us who aspire to the free society can realize our goal only as we understand and obey the basic principles -- rules -- of morality and ethics, and succeed in limiting civil law to assuring liberty and justice for one and all alike. This is the formula for ruling the rulers out of existence!