The words of Jesus, including those Jefferson and the Jesus Seminar have blue-pencilled, have a unique permanence. They don't merely survive as aphoristic wisdom; they have an authority in our hearts, even when we try to deny them. They command. We can obey or rebel. That is why Jesus is still not only loved but hated - and why those who hate him feel they have to profess to love him.
Joseph SobranThere can be no such thing as "limited government," because there is no way to control an entity that in principle enjoys a monopoly of power.
Joseph SobranGovernment has ceased to mean upholding and reinforcing the traditional rights and morals of the governed; it now means compulsion in the service of social engineering.
Joseph SobranThe measure of the state's success is that the word anarchy frightens people, while the word state does not.
Joseph SobranLegalizing abortion to get government out of the bedroom is like legalizing cannibalism to get government out of the kitchen.
Joseph Sobran...[T]he Constitution conferred only a few specific powers on the federal government, all others being denied to it (as the Tenth Amendment would make plain). Unfortunately, only a tiny fraction of the U.S. population today - subtle logicians like you - can grasp such nuances. Too bad. The Constitution wasn't meant to be a brain-twister.
Joseph Sobran