The only things government can do are regulate and redistribute, prohibit and penalize, confiscate and command. Are these the things that liberty is made of? Somebody else's money and an endless list of Thou Shalt Nots?

Freedom is whatever the president says it is, pending revision.

For the average person walking down a dark street late at night, a promise from a politician is worth far less than a .38 Special.

The sheer number of government employees and welfare recipients effectively transforms the purpose of government from maintaining order to confiscating as much as possible from vulnerable taxpayers.

If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief.

America needs fewer laws, not more prisons.

Throughout history, politicians have used other people's property to buy themselves power. That is the primary achievement of the welfare state.