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# James Bovard

(1956)   Writer   United States

 **75** quotes in **541** categories

A concern for the Bill of Rights appears mainly in opposition voices. Bovard notes the founding vision of rule of law, yet sees today’s government exploiting fear to reshape ruler‑people relations. Voters often ask how much a candidate offers for their vote.

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James Bovard is a writer from the United States, best known for *Attention deficit democracy*.

## Quick Facts About James Bovard

Born July 22, 1956

Nationality United States

Profession Writer

Notable works Attention deficit democracy

## About James Bovard

James Bovard is an American libertarian author and lecturer whose political commentary targets examples of waste, failures, corruption, cronyism and abuses of power in government. He is a USA Today columnist and is a frequent contributor to The Hill. He is the author of Attention Deficit Democracy and nine other books. He has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New Republic, Reader's Digest, The American Conservative, and many other publications. His books have been translated into Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, and Korean.

##  Quotes by James Bovard

> [Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/freedom-to-vote-is-valuable-primarily-as-a-means-to-safeguard-other/)

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[Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/)

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> [The key question for many voters is: How much is the candidate offering for my vote?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/the-key-question-for-many-voters-is-how-much-is-the-candidate/)

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> [America needs fewer laws, not more prisons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/america-needs-fewer-laws-not-more-prisons/)

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> [Freedom is whatever the president says it is, pending revision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/freedom-is-whatever-the-president-says-it-is-pending-revision/)

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> [The more freedoms Americans lose, the more dangerous government becomes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/the-more-freedoms-americans-lose-the-more-dangerous-government-becomes/)

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[Dangerous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dangerous/)

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> [As soon as people drop the reins on government, government will leash the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/as-soon-as-people-drop-the-reins-on-government-government-will-leash/)

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> [Foreign aid breeds kleptocracies, or governments of thieves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/foreign-aid-breeds-kleptocracies-or-governments-of-thieves/)

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[Aids](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aids/)

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> [This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/this-is-a-case-if-the-president-is-permitted-to-be-above-the-law-then/)

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[Above the law](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/above-the-law/)

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> [Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/democracy-must-be-something-more-than-two-wolves-and-a-sheep-voting/)

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[Democracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/)

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> [The more government dependents, the more likely that democracy will become a conspiracy against self-reliance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/the-more-government-dependents-the-more-likely-that-democracy-will/)

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[Conspiracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conspiracy/)

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> [The more people expect from government, the more biased they become against limiting government power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/the-more-people-expect-from-government-the-more-biased-they-become/)

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[Biased](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biased/)

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> [The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/the-more-that-voting-is-glorified-as-a-panacea-the-more-lackadaisical/)

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[Constitutional rights](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/constitutional-rights/)

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> [If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/if-so-many-americans-are-looking-for-the-government-to-save-them-then/)

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> [How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize the U.S,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/how-many-mcdonald-s-gift-certificates-would-it-take-to-sway-a-lot-of/)

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[Certificates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certificates/)

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> [Dependency is the highest political good - at least for politicians. Since the 1930s, politicians have striven to leave no vote unbought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/dependency-is-the-highest-political-good-at-least-for-politicians/)

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[1930s](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1930s-382/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/today-s-citizen-is-obliged-to-find-his-freedom-only-in-the-narrow/)

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> [As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/as-long-as-enough-people-can-be-frightened-then-all-people-can-be-2/)

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> [As we learned from the Clinton administration and much of the media, a machine gun in the hands of a federal agent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/as-we-learned-from-the-clinton-administration-and-much-of-the-media-a/)

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> [Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/part-of-the-reason-that-the-government-s-fear-mongering-is-succeeding/)

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> [There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/there-has-been-so-much-power-concentrated-there-is-no-leash-on-that/)

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[Faces](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faces/)

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> [It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/it-is-unfortunate-that-americans-are-no-longer-aware-of-what-the/)

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[Constitution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/constitution/)

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> [The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/the-first-step-in-saving-our-liberty-is-to-realize-how-much-we-have/)

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> [The people = government doctrine is equivalent to political infantilism -- an agreement to pretend that the citizen's wishes animate each restriction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/the-people-government-doctrine-is-equivalent-to-political-infantilism/)

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[Agreement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agreement/)

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> [Its contempt for citizens ... is so routine, and so unlimited, that the agency has become a kind of Frankenstein, running wild…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/its-contempt-for-citizens-is-so-routine-and-so-unlimited-that-the/)

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[Accuracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accuracy/)

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> [To blindly trust government is to automatically vest it with excessive power. To distrust government is simply to trust humanity - to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/to-blindly-trust-government-is-to-automatically-vest-it-with/)

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[Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/)

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> [Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/democracy-is-not-freedom-democracy-is-two-wolves-and-a-lamb-voting-on-3/)

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[Bill of rights](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bill-of-rights/)

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> [No-knock police raids destroy Americans' right to privacy and safety. People's lives are being ruined or ended as a result of unsubstantiated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/no-knock-police-raids-destroy-americans-right-to-privacy-and-safety/)

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[Agency](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agency/)

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> [Gun laws are an attempt to nationalize the right of self-defense. Politicians perennially react to the police's abject failure to prevent crime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/gun-laws-are-an-attempt-to-nationalize-the-right-of-self-defense/)

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> [Americans' liberty is perishing beneath the constant growth of government power. Federal, state and local government's are confiscating citizens' property, trampling their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/americans-liberty-is-perishing-beneath-the-constant-growth-of/)

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[American liberty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-liberty/)

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> [However accurate or inaccurate the agency's numbers may be, tax law explicitly presumes that the IRS is always right -- and implicitly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/however-accurate-or-inaccurate-the-agency-s-numbers-may-be-tax-law/)

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> [I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/i-was-amazed-at-how-easy-it-was-for-the-clinton-administration-to/)

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> [Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/entire-generations-of-americans-have-come-of-age-since-the-ancient/)

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> [It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/it-is-like-we-are-obliged-to-assume-that-the-government-is-only-doing/)

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> [Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/not-only-has-the-number-of-government-employees-multiplied-in-recent/)

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> [Liberty is a political firewall that limits the damage government can do to the individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/liberty-is-a-political-firewall-that-limits-the-damage-government-can/)

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[Can do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/can-do/)

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> [American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/american-democracy-is-capsizing-as-a-result-of-the-vast-increase-in/)

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> [There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/there-are-a-lot-of-benefits-representative-of-government-and-it-is/)

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> [Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/rather-than-a-democracy-we-increasingly-have-an-elective-dictatorship/)

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[Constitution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/constitution/)

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> [Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/once-freedom-is-equated-with-a-certain-material-standard-of-living/)

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> [Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/some-of-the-folks-on-both-sides-might-be-sincere-but-it-does-seem-as/)

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## James Bovard by topic

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