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

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.

Can you think of a single area of government in which George Bush hasn't already made things worse than Bill Clinton did?

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

Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say government can't make people be moral, but they believe it can end poverty. Neither group attempts to explain why government is so clumsy and destructive in one area but a paragon of efficiency and benevolence in the other.

I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies.

The free market punishes irresponsibility. Government rewards it.