Quotation of the Day…

(Don Boudreaux)

… is from page 534 of George Will’s excellent 2019 book, The Conservative Sensibility:

By construing the Constitution in a way that enables and encourages the federal government to act everywhere, we have taught Americans to think that it is natural and right for the federal government to take custody of every problem, to organize the provision of every need, and to satisfy every want.