Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political odds against private citizens.

There is no virtue in denying the law of gravity, and there should be no virtue in denying the limitations of government. ... The more we glorify government, the more liberties we will lose.

The 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.

It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades, that so many people have this blind faith that government is our friend and therefore, we don’t need protections against it.

Once a person becomes a government dependent, his moral standing to resist the expansion of government power is fatally compromised.

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.

We are asking the wrong question. The issue is not who should be trusted with all the power of the Presidency. Instead, we must ask how much power any candidate can be trusted with.