It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.

No one ever died from smoking marijuana, but millions of people have died by believing politicians.

The best thing we can do for family values is to repeal the income tax. Then families will have the resources they need to implement their own values - and not those of the politicians. With the income tax gone, families will no longer be forced to have two breadwinners by necessity. Children will be raised better, family values will predominate, and crime will diminish. If your local school indoctrinates your child with values that are alien to you, you'll have the money to buy a private education.

Disarmed citizens encourage crime and violence. Armed citizens encourage criminals to find a safer line of work.

Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn.

A secure individual...knows that the responsibility for anything concerning his life remains with himself-and he accepts that responsibility.

Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.