Mike Lee in Speeches at CPAC (2020s)

On Principles & Values: Government not a noble aspiration; just coercive force

Government is not some noble aspiration. It's nothing more, nothing less than the official collective force. It's just coercive force. So faith in government means tyranny. You can't have faith in government without promoting tyranny and faith in people means freedom. That you see is the absolute key to our founding and to our Bill of Rights and it also happens to be precisely what the left is trying to undo. Source: Remarks by Senator Lee at the 2021 CPAC Conference Feb 26, 2021

The above quotations are from Speeches at Conservative Political Action Conferences (2020s). Click here for other excerpts from Speeches at Conservative Political Action Conferences (2020s). Click here for other excerpts by Mike Lee. Click here for a profile of Mike Lee.
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