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*In 2011, the [[Wales|Welsh]] government [[big government|mandated]] fire sprinklers in all new houses, regardless of the wishes of the builders or owners <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-wales-14394547</ref>.
*In 2011, the [[Wales|Welsh]] government [[big government|mandated]] fire sprinklers in all new houses, regardless of the wishes of the builders or owners <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-wales-14394547</ref>.
==Quotes about the Nanny State ==
"Everyone wants to live at the expense of [[the state]]. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone." -Frederic Bastiat
"A [[democracy]] is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the [[National debt|public treasury]]. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose [[fiscal policy]]…" -- Alexander Fraser Tytler, Scottish lawyer and writer, 1770
"Of all [[tyrannies]], a [[socialism|tyranny]] exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral [[liberals|busybodies]]. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – [[C. S. Lewis]]