Once created, federal programs are nearly impossible to eliminate.

Prohibiting guns on campus made the Virginia Tech students less safe, not more.

It is not democracy to send in billions of dollars to push regime change overseas. It isn't democracy to send in the NGOs to re-write laws and the constitution in places like Ukraine. It is none of our business.

History has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled.

Demanding domestic security in times of war invites carelessness in preserving civil liberties and the right of privacy. Frequently the people are only too anxious for their freedoms to be sacrificed on the altar of authoritarianism thought to be necessary to remain safe and secure.

Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.

If you sacrifice liberty for security, you will lose both.