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The more government dependents, the more likely that democracy will become a conspiracy against self-reliance.

James Bovard

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James Bovard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 22
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Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy.
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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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There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives.
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Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political odds against private citizens.
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The only things government can do are regulate and redistribute, prohibit and penalize, confiscate and command. Are these the things that liberty is made of? Somebody else's money and an endless list of Thou Shalt Nots?
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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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As we learned from the Clinton administration and much of the media, a machine gun in the hands of a federal agent is now a symbol of benevolence and concern for a child's well-being.
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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.
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There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency.
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The more freedoms Americans lose, the more dangerous government becomes.
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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.
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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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As soon as people drop the reins on government, government will leash the people.
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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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