"I, Pencil’s" Faith in Freedom

Sixty years ago this month—December 1958—a now-classic and well-known essay debuted before the world. It was titled "I, Pencil."
In this essay, FEE founder Leonard E. Read identifies “faith in free people” as more than simply important to freedom. He identifies it as indispensable. No faith, no freedom. Can this be literally true or was he exaggerating?

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