The first Libertarian, at the Mises Institute.
Lilburne, in his own day, was described as a Leveller, a term he did not like. He usually preceded it with words like "falsely so called" or "commonly (though unjustly) styled" to make his point.
As Pauline Gregg points out:Lilburne always coupled liberty and property. Freedom to live unrestricted entailed freedom to possess: no passionate defender of the rights of individual could argue otherwise. It was "liberty and propriety," not "communitie and levelling," for which the Levellers stood.
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As Chuck D said in 'Fight the Power'
"Most of my heros don't appear on no stamps"
Long live John Lilburne - a free born Englishman, a true hero.
What would happen these days if you agitated in an English town square? Beaten up or locked up I reckon.
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