Need a good book to read while waiting for cooler weather? Try this one. The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Etienne de la Boetie.
From the book:
"The tyrant has 'nothing more than the power that you confer upon him to destroy you. Where has he acquired enough eyes to spy upon you, if you do not provide them yourselves? How can he have so many arms to beat you with, if he does not borrow them from you? The feet that trample down your cities, where does he get them if they are not your own? How does he have any power over you except through you? How would he dare assail you if he had no cooperation from you?'"
Pretty eye opening. Happy reading!
Link: http://mises.org/document/1218/