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"Iraq and the Roots of War," California Freedom (June 2007).
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To accept the legitimacy of the state is to embrace the necessity for war.

— L. K. Samuels

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L. K. Samuels

About L. K. Samuels

Lawrence K. Samuels (born December 7, 1951) is an American author, classical liberal, and libertarian activist. He is best known as the editor and contributing author of Facets of Liberty: A Libertarian Primer and In Defense of Chaos: The Chaology of Politics, Economics and Human Action.