85 Quotes by James Bovard

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

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

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

Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy.

It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them.

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.

Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about the Bill of Rights most of the time.

Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people.

I was also surprised at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to demagogue against the rights of gun owners, for instance.