Quill Rose, a portrait of a truly free man.

John Meyers at ZeroGov pens a good read about a real life, Smokey Mountain freeman named Quill Rose.

Is there any way to satisfy the drive inside us to be totally free and live without the constraints of little (and big) tyrants and their laws, as long as we are doing no harm to anyone? Is it possible to get away and simply exist as we wish, without having to request permission from the state to do so?

As he says, "Be Quill Rose."