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.

If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.

Foreign aid breeds kleptocracies, or governments of thieves.

It is absurd to expect governments to descend gradually, step-by-step into barbarism - as if there was a train schedule to political hell and people could get off at any stop along the way.

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.

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.