A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect.
James BovardThe more powerful government becomes, the more abuses it commits and the more lies it must tell.
James BovardThe vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.
James BovardThe more government dependents, the more likely that democracy will become a conspiracy against self-reliance.
James BovardDependency is the highest political good - at least for politicians. Since the 1930s, politicians have striven to leave no vote unbought.
James BovardPoliticians nowadays treat Americans like medical orderlies treat Alzheimer's patients, telling them anything that will keep them subdued. It doesn't matter what untruths the people are fed because they will not long remember. But in politics, forgotten falsehoods almost guarantee new treachery.
James Bovard