James Bovard
James Bovard
James Bovardis a libertarian author and lecturer whose political commentary targets examples of waste, failures, corruption, cronyism and abuses of power in government. He is the author of Attention Deficit Democracy, and eight other books. He has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New Republic, Reader's Digest, The American Conservative, and many other publications. His books have been translated into Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, and Korean...
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government dangerous loses
The more freedoms Americans lose, the more dangerous government becomes.
government liberty lists
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?
path standards certain
Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation.
war president revision
Freedom is whatever the president says it is, pending revision.
self government democracy
The more government dependents, the more likely that democracy will become a conspiracy against self-reliance.
usa government people
The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.
government rights constitution
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.
rights government waiting
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.
winning government voting
Voting is no substitute for the eternal vigilance that every friend of freedom must demonstrate towards government. If our freedom is to survive, Americans must become far better informed of the dangers from Washington -- regardless of who wins the Presidency.
government people biased
The more people expect from government, the more biased they become against limiting government power.
law government liberty
There is no virtue in denying the law of gravity, and there should be no virtue in denying the limitations of government. ... The more we glorify government, the more liberties we will lose.
father equality law
The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.
responsibility political safe
There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives.
country thinking government
It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades, that so many people have this blind faith that government is our friend and therefore, we don’t need protections against it.