3. “People do not make wars; governments do.”
Reagan again reveals his inner peacenik and distrust toward government in this 1988 speech to Moscow State University. This exclamation accurately reflects the sentiment by libertarians that individuals have a general aversion toward conflict and are inclined to get along in a truly free market. It is only when state actors get involved that violence and tyranny become possibilities. Soon, in the true spirit of uniformity, citizens are taught to loathe those in countries which are at war with the citizens’ home country. Furthermore, during wartime, civil and economic liberties are more quickly eroded in the name of a national initiative.
