This is excerpted from “Anti-State, Anti-War, Pro-Market” on mises.org.
Vice Pesident Richard Cheney: “one of the things that’s changed so much since Sept. 11 is the extent to which people do trust the government big shift and value it, and have higher expectations for what we can do.”
‘Conservative’ columnist George Will: “[9/11] forcefully reminded Americans that their nation-state … is the source of their security …. Events since Sept. 11 have underscored the limits of libertarianism.”
Johns Hopkins University Professor Francis Fukuyama: “fall of the libertarians.” “[9/11,] not the market or individuals, [has reminded Americans] why government exists, and why it has to tax citizens and spend money to promote collective interests.”
Albert Hunt of the Wall Street Journal: “It’s time to declare a moratorium on government-bashing.”