Harry Truman: Founding Father Of The National Security State

Harry Truman: Founding Father Of The National Security State

By George Ford Smith, Mises Wire | August 12, 2025 “Hell is truth seen too late.”—Thomas Hobbes “Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed.”—Étienne de La Boétie In politics, corruption begins with the corrupted. We see turpitude throughout society’s power structure, but it’s only there because we accepted a devil’s bargain. It took shape long before the current crop of office holders ran for political office. It was their goal—politic…

President Harry S. Truman, Founding Father - LewRockwell

Hell is truth seen too late.  — Thomas Hobbes Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. – Etienne de La Boétie In politics, corruption begins with the corrupted.  We see turpitude throughout society’s power structure, but it’s only there because we accepted a devil’s bargain.  It took shape long before the current crop of office holders ran for political office.  It was their goal — political office — that people accepted as necessary