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

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.

The average American family head will be forced to do twenty years' labor to pay taxes in his or her lifetime.

Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote. Those rights are spelled out in the Bill of Rights and in our California Constitution. Voters and politicians alike would do well to take a look at the rights we each hold, which must never be chipped away by the whim of the majority.

It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them.

American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees.

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.