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		a3_nm on Dec 16, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The nightmarish SOPA hearings > "Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure." Apparently, this one is usually attributed to Robert LeFevre. Do you have any sources attributing it to L. Neil Smith?

nirvana on Dec 16, 2011 [–]

Its quite possible that Robert LeFevre first said it. I first came upon the phrase in one of L. Neil Smiths books. I think it was the second book in the Probability Broach series, the one where he starts each chapter with a quotation, and this was one of them (attributed to a fictional character, according to memory.)

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