"As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board."

"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."

"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."

"It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government."

"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."

"Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation."

"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."