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- For the average person walking down a dark street late at night, a promise from a politician is worth far less than a .38 Special.
- It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.
- The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from…
- Voting is no substitute for the eternal vigilance that every friend of freedom must demonstrate towards government. If our freedom is to survive, Americans must…
- Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain…
- Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it…
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