You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

The press is hostile to the idea of liberty. Most people in the press are for big government. Most people think that the solution to anything, whether it's health care problems, education, whatever it is - it's got to be more government.

When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong.

Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed to be free.

Asset forfeiture is a mockery of the Bill of Rights. There is no presumption of innocence, no need to prove you guilty (or even charge you with a crime), no right to a jury trial, no right to confront your accuser, no right to a court-appointed attorney (even if the government has just stolen all your money), and no right to compensation for the property that's been taken.

If the Fed had a war on abortion like its war on poverty or war on drugs, within five years men would be having abortions!

Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.