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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.

The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.

American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees.

The key question for many voters is: How much is the candidate offering for my vote?

The more people expect from government, the more biased they become against limiting government power.

Once a person becomes a government dependent, his moral standing to resist the expansion of government power is fatally compromised.

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

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

The more freedoms Americans lose, the more dangerous government becomes.

Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.

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

Foreign aid breeds kleptocracies, or governments of thieves.

As soon as people drop the reins on government, government will leash the people.

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

Throughout history, politicians have used other people's property to buy themselves power. That is the primary achievement of the welfare state.

America needs fewer laws, not more prisons.

The more powerful government becomes, the more abuses it commits and the more lies it must tell.

Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms.

Liberty is a political firewall that limits the damage government can do to the individual.

How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize the U.S, President?

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.

It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing.

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.

This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.

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

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

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.