Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.

Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.

Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.

We have a solution for war. It is to expand the sphere of liberty.

[During the 20th century] ... 170 million men, women, and children have been shot, beaten, tortured, knifed, burned, starved, frozen, crushed, or worked to death; buried alive, drowned, hung, bombed, or killed in any other of the myriad ways governments have inflicted death on unarmed, helpless citizens and foreigners.

Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom.

The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking power. This means to foster democratic freedom.