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.

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 more freedoms Americans lose, the more dangerous government becomes.

Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people.

Dependency is the highest political good - at least for politicians. Since the 1930s, politicians have striven to leave no vote unbought.

As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board.

There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency.