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 more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.

If citizens wish to retain their liberty, they cannot assume that those who seek power over them are honest. Skepticism of government is one of the most important-and most forgotten-bulwarks of freedom.

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.

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.

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

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