The government's appearing to be a necessary evil does not oblige people to trust it. We face a choice of trusting government or trusting freedom-trusting overlords who have lied and abused their power or trusting individuals to make the most of their own lives.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

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

The more people expect from government, the more biased they become against limiting government power.

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

The only things government can do are regulate and redistribute, prohibit and penalize, confiscate and command. Are these the things that liberty is made of? Somebody else's money and an endless list of Thou Shalt Nots?

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.