When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes … - Henry Hazlitt

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Henry Hazlitt

When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes is said to have replied: ‘Yes, stand a little less between me and the sun. ’ It is what every citizen is entitled to ask of his government.

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