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> [President Obama and members of his administration constantly express rage and anger over events totally within their control. It's an odd and unsettling fact of American life that so many Americans seem to think that such expressions of frustration should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/president-obama-and-members-of-his-administration-constantly-express/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

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> [The greatest obstacle to the welfare state is not greed but private charity that makes the welfare state irrelevant; the greatest obstacle to re-education of children in the name of the collective is allegiance to a higher power. More than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/the-greatest-obstacle-to-the-welfare-state-is-not-greed-but-private/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

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## More by Ben Shapiro

> [Musicians are, by and large, not the most politically savvy crew.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/musicians-are-by-and-large-not-the-most-politically-savvy-crew/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [No number of repairs will be able to fix Obamacare. The website is the least of Americans' worries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/no-number-of-repairs-will-be-able-to-fix-obamacare-the-website-is-the/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [Having children truly ends adolescence. We are all either parents or children: responsibility-takers or those who demand from others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/having-children-truly-ends-adolescence-we-are-all-either-parents-or/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [Let's assume for the moment that the logic behind Presidents Day is actually sound for certain presidents. Why not have a separate holiday for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/let-s-assume-for-the-moment-that-the-logic-behind-presidents-day-is/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [“No wonder the left seeks to avoid political debate at all costs. Why bother? Members of the left are not interested in having a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/no-wonder-the-left-seeks-to-avoid-political-debate-at-all-costs-why/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [“from nonprofit organizations to push Obamacare—the same organizations responsible for directly implementing Obamacare and therefore subject to HHS oversight. • At virtually the same time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/from-nonprofit-organizations-to-push-obamacare-the-same-organizations/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [Primarily affecting low-information voters and members of the mainstream media, Obama Worship Syndrome attributes impossible capabilities to Obama's political opponents, finds excuses for every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/primarily-affecting-low-information-voters-and-members-of-the/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [Few Americans have ever met their Congresspeople. They don't see them at the grocery store; they don't meet them at the bowling alley. They're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/few-americans-have-ever-met-their-congresspeople-they-don-t-see-them/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [If Republicans triumph in 2014, it will undoubtedly be as a result of Obamacare. In 2010, Republicans soared to historic victory because the much-maligned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/if-republicans-triumph-in-2014-it-will-undoubtedly-be-as-a-result-of/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [In Britain, where the social safety net is more like a social swaddling cloth, crime rates other than murder are significantly higher than in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/in-britain-where-the-social-safety-net-is-more-like-a-social/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [When Americans are faced with the prospect that they can never earn their way to wealth, they have two choices: to rebel against the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/when-americans-are-faced-with-the-prospect-that-they-can-never-earn/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [The Muslim world just doesn't believe that skin color is all that important. Obama may be half-black, but he's still all-Western, according to them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/the-muslim-world-just-doesn-t-believe-that-skin-color-is-all-that/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [Voluntary exchange is more moral than forced redistribution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/voluntary-exchange-is-more-moral-than-forced-redistribution/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [“This is what makes leftists leftists: an unearned sense of moral superiority over you. And if they can instill that sense of moral superiority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/this-is-what-makes-leftists-leftists-an-unearned-sense-of-moral/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

> [Capitalism invariably boils down to barter between two willing parties, neither of whom uses force to work with the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/capitalism-invariably-boils-down-to-barter-between-two-willing/)

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