Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Liberty is a political firewall that limits the damage government can do to the individual. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The more freedoms Americans lose, the more dangerous government becomes. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
If citizens wish to retain their liberty, they cannot assume that those who seek power over them are honest. Skepticism of government… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The only things government can do are regulate and redistribute, prohibit and penalize, confiscate and command. Are these the things that liberty… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
There is no virtue in denying the law of gravity, and there should be no virtue in denying the limitations of government.… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Today's citizen is obliged to find his freedom only in the narrow ruts pre-approved by his bureaucratic overlords. "Risk-free liberty" is the… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Americans' liberty is perishing beneath the constant growth of government power. Federal, state and local government's are confiscating citizens' property, trampling their… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Voting is no substitute for the eternal vigilance that every friend of freedom must demonstrate towards government. If our freedom is to… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about… — James Bovard Copy Share
The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is… — James Bovard Copy Share
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good,… — James Bovard Copy Share
It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the… — James Bovard Copy Share
If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd… — James Bovard Copy Share
Its contempt for citizens ... is so routine, and so unlimited, that the agency has become a kind of Frankenstein, running wild and terrorizing… — James Bovard Copy Share
The key question for many voters is: How much is the candidate offering for my vote? — James Bovard Copy Share
The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people. — James Bovard Copy Share
Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation. — James Bovard Copy Share
Government aid programs have been endlessly expanded, and the government has sought to maximize the number of people willing to accept handouts… Roughly half… — James Bovard Copy Share
The more powerful government becomes, the more abuses it commits and the more lies it must tell. — James Bovard Copy Share
Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political odds against… — James Bovard Copy Share
How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize the U.S, President? — James Bovard Copy Share
