It is a foolish man who believes that the status quo can be maintained indefinitely.

And just think, fellow Southrons, what kind of a Confederate nation we could have, if after independence, politicians abandoned equivocation and spoke honestly and firmly on all issues? If they were to do their duty to God, nation, and people, there would be virtually no need for any form of federal litigation.

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.

Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral framework it will produce an unjust society.

When power is for sale, then government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.

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

Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die.