The more powerful government becomes, the more abuses it commits and the more lies it must tell.

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

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

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.

It is absurd to expect governments to descend gradually, step-by-step into barbarism - as if there was a train schedule to political hell and people could get off at any stop along the way.

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

Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms.