Succinctly capturing the central difference between the 7,200-word U.S. Constitution and the 76,000-word EU version, [Daniel] Hannan quips, “where the one was based on empowering the people and controlling the state, the other was based on empowering the state and controlling the people.” The U.S. charter famously begins, “We, the People”¦,” while its EU counterpart starts, “His Majesty, the King of the Belgians”¦”
–Michael Rosen in a review of Daniel Hannan’s new book, The New Road to Serfdom: A Letter of Warning to America, Commentary (January 2011), page 46
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Succinctly capturing the central difference between the 7,200-word U.S. Constitution and the 76,000-word EU version, [Daniel] Hannan quips, “where the one was based on empowering the people and controlling the state, the other was based on empowering the state and controlling the people.” The U.S. charter famously begins, “We, the People”¦,” while its EU counterpart starts, “His Majesty, the King of the Belgians”¦”
–Michael Rosen in a review of Daniel Hannan’s new book, The New Road to Serfdom: A Letter of Warning to America, Commentary (January 2011), page 46