Bush commutes Libby sentence

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If people could be trusted, we would have no need for leaders. If leaders could be trusted, we would have no need for nations. If nations could be trusted, we would have no need world government.

Even small tribes had leaders, and in fact, multiple leaders. They had a leader of the peaceful tribe, sometimes a leader for war, and leaders for their religion. It is the human condition that we form societies to simultaneously grasp for both freedoms and rules, and in order to insure them we choose leaders to help protect and enforce and also arbitrators of our internal conflicts.