Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The more people expect from government, the more biased they become against limiting government power. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Throughout history, politicians have used other people's property to buy themselves power. That is the primary achievement of the welfare state. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Government aid programs have been endlessly expanded, and the government has sought to maximize the number of people willing to accept handouts…… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The people = government doctrine is equivalent to political infantilism -- an agreement to pretend that the citizen's wishes animate each restriction… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
It is absurd to expect governments to descend gradually, step-by-step into barbarism - as if there was a train schedule to political… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
To blindly trust government is to automatically vest it with excessive power. To distrust government is simply to trust humanity - to… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
No-knock police raids destroy Americans' right to privacy and safety. People's lives are being ruined or ended as a result of unsubstantiated… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
As soon as people drop the reins on government, government will leash the people. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades,… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Politicians nowadays treat Americans like medical orderlies treat Alzheimer's patients, telling them anything that will keep them subdued. It doesn't matter what… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The government's appearing to be a necessary evil does not oblige people to trust it. We face a choice of trusting 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
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
