Ideas@The Centre 21
Vol. 6 No. 21 (June, 2011) Freedom Quote of the Week'In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.'
— James Madison
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Campaign finance reform restricts liberal democracy
| 03 Jun 2011
Limiting public criticism and accountability through campaign finance regulation puts too much trust in politicians’ good judgment.
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Government too big for its boots
| 03 Jun 2011
Can an action of one government be so bad that it justifies retrospective legislation by a successor government?
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Talk is cheap, everything else is not
| 03 Jun 2011
Politicians deploring the cost of living for hard-working, forgotten families would be all the more credible if deeds followed their words.
