Objecting To Further Encroachments
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 9:36 pm
In the aftermath of Prohibition, economist Ludwig von Mises wrote, "Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can be advanced against further encroachments."[58] The repeal of all prohibition of voluntary exchange is as important to the restoration of liberty now as its enactment was to the cause of big government in the Progressive Era.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-157.html