The new laws passed by Congress in the name of fighting terrorism pose a greater danger to the civil liberties of American citizens than to the operations of terrorists. Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die.

Unless they can pass the same test that immigrants must pass to become citizens, people shouldnt be allowed to vote. The idea that there is some public benefit in ignoramuses and morons pulling levers next to names on a ballot is one of the evil myths of post-modern America. The purpose of voting, in our country, is to select men and women with the competence and integrity to operate the mechanics of government fixed by our Constitution. For this process to have any public benefit requires that the choices be made on an intelligent, knowledgeable and reasoned basis.

Here's your enemy for this week, the government says. And some gullible Americans click their heels and salute - often without knowing who or even where the enemy of the week is.

Reason and truth have rarely prevailed against demagoguery when the audience is too ignorant to tell the difference.

If you believe in the right to life, then you must believe in the right to have the means to defend that life.

[N]o American should retreat an inch on the right of jurors to acquit if they perceive the law or its administration to be unjust.

We...are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant.