James Bovard | "If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief."

"If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief."

James Bovard, American Author

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"If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief."

"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

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"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."

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"There shall be no end to the government of God."

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"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."

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"The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly."

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"The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government."

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"The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security."

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"All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter."

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"I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies."

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Personal Development

"There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion."

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Personal Development

"It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights."

Government

"People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests."

Government

"The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power."

Government

"If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government."

Government

"If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief."

Government

"It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had."

People

"The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people."

Government

"I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the fog of lies and avoid any responsibility for it."

Lie

"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."

Power

"Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush."

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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

Author Name

Personal Development

"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."

Author Name

Personal Development

"There shall be no end to the government of God."

Author Name

Personal Development

"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."

Author Name

Personal Development

"The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly."

Author Name

Personal Development

"The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government."

Author Name

Personal Development

"The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security."

Author Name

Personal Development

"All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter."

Author Name

Personal Development

"I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies."

Author Name

Personal Development

Author Name

Personal Development

More

"It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights."

Government

"People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests."

Government

"The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power."

Government

"If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government."

Government

"If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief."

Government

"It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had."

People

"The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people."

Government

"I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the fog of lies and avoid any responsibility for it."

Lie

"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."

Power

"Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush."

Democracy