Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.

Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation.

People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.

Politicians nowadays treat Americans like medical orderlies treat Alzheimer's patients, telling them anything that will keep them subdued. It doesn't matter what untruths the people are fed because they will not long remember. But in politics, forgotten falsehoods almost guarantee new treachery.

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.

Once a person becomes a government dependent, his moral standing to resist the expansion of government power is fatally compromised.

Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.