The majority of those who are loosely identified by the term 'liberals' are afraid to let themselves discover that what they advocate is statism. They want to keep all the advantages and effects of capitalism, while destroying the cause, and they want to establish statism without its necessary effects. They do not want to know or to admit that they are the champions of dictatorship and slavery.
Ayn RandWhen you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed
Ayn RandWe have only two sources of information about the character of the people around us: we judge them by what they do and by what they say (particularly the first).
Ayn Rand