"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Freedom On the Decline

Freedom House, which tracks political and civil liberties around the world, says freedom declined the the third straight year in 2008. South Asia was about the only region where freedom grew.

HT: Nick Gillespie.

Meanwhile, economic liberties continued to shrink in the United States last year, according to the Heritage Foundation.

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