All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals.

Each of us should choose which course of action we must take; education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes, but let it not be said that we did nothing.

If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be.

A citizen walking through the airport today is bombarded with 1984-style propaganda messages that are designed to make us fear some amorphous threat and also be suspicious of others. The government designs these messages to make us feel dependent and heavily lorded over in every aspect of our lives. These messages are becoming ever more pervasive, hitting us even in grocery stores when we are shopping.

I take my marching orders from the Constitution.

We should have a strong president. Strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power that a president shouldn't have.

The only thing we learn from history, I am afraid, is that we do not learn from history.