The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.
Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted an early United Nations, League of Nations. But it was the conservatives, Republicans, that stood up against him.
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When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.
Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.
There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that limit government. Government is the enemy of liberty. Government should be very restrained.
