James Bovard Quotes

The better that people understand what Clinton did in office, the greater the nation's chances for political recovery.

Citizens should distrust politicians who distrust freedom.

The federal tax system is turning individuals into sharecroppers of their own lives.

Democracy unleashes the State in the name of the people.

For scores of millions of Americans, Clinton's "caring" was more important than his lying.

The surest effect of exalting government is to make it easier for some people to drag others down.

As long as rulers are above the law, citizens have the same type of freedom that slaves had on days when their masters chose not to beat them.

A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect.

The arrogance of power is the best hope for the survival of freedom.

A lie that is accepted by a sufficient number of ignorant voters becomes a political truth.

The U.S. government has created a trade lynch law that can convict foreign companies almost regardless of how they operate.

Nothing happened on 9/11 that made the federal government more trustworthy.

The principle of government supremacy is Clinton's clearest legacy.

Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and the Constitution.

Paternalism is a desperate gamble that lying politicians will honestly care for those who fall under their power.