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Dependency is the highest political good - at least for politicians. Since the 1930s, politicians have striven to leave no vote unbought.

James Bovard

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James Bovard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 22
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As soon as people drop the reins on government, government will leash the people.
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American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees.
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Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation.
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Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
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If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.
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The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur.
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Freedom is whatever the president says it is, pending revision.
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There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives.
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