This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.
James BovardIt 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 donโt need protections against it.
James BovardOnce freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation.
James BovardWell, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy.
James BovardA democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect.
James BovardToday's citizen is obliged to find his freedom only in the narrow ruts pre-approved by his bureaucratic overlords. "Risk-free liberty" is the ideal of the Welfare State: citizens are permitted only liberties which have been declawed, defanged, neutered, certified and wrapped in benevolent restrictions.
James Bovard