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
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
If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for… — 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 more freedoms Americans lose, the more dangerous government becomes. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The more powerful government becomes, the more abuses it commits and the more lies it must tell. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Dependency is the highest political good - at least for politicians. Since the 1930s, politicians have striven to leave no vote unbought. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Gun laws are an attempt to nationalize the right of self-defense. Politicians perennially react to the police's abject failure to prevent crime… — 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 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
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
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
A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
As we learned from the Clinton administration and much of the media, a machine gun in the hands of a federal agent… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it… — 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
It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing. — 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
If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The sheer number of government employees and welfare recipients effectively transforms the purpose of government from maintaining order to confiscating as much… — 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
The more government dependents, the more likely that democracy will become a conspiracy against self-reliance. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees. — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The key question for many voters is: How much is the candidate offering for my vote? — 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
Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation. — 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..... Roughly half… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The more freedoms Americans lose, the more dangerous government becomes. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
