We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed.

The conservatives see man as a body freely roaming the earth, building sand piles or factories - with an electronic computer inside his skull, controlled from Washington. The liberals see man as a soul freewheeling to the farthest reaches of the universe - but wearing chains from nose to toes when he crosses the street to buy a loaf of bread.

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.

Government holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force.

Ordinary human concern for human distress does not manifest itself ordinarily in the form of a gun aimed at the wallets and earnings of one's neighbors.

The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.