Tyranny may creep in under the outward forms of traditional law.

We have been living amidst one of the great revolutions of human history, and we hardly know it: the penetration of the State into every aspect of human life and society. Some people regard this as good and "progressive," others regard it as tyrannical; but either way, it's a fact, a transformation as great as, say, the Industrial Revolution. Absolutely nothing is now beyond the scope of State power.

Anything called a "program" is unconstitutional.

The Constitution poses no threat to our current form of government.

Power tempts even the best of men to take liberties with the truth.

Since outright slavery has been discredited, "democracy" is the only remaining rationale for state compulsion that most people will accept.

The chances of your being harmed by terrorists are mathematically minute. The chance of your being robbed by your own government? That's easy: 100 per cent.

The prospect of a government that treats all its citizens as criminal suspects is more terrifying than any terrorist. And even more frightening is a citizenry that can accept the surrender of its freedoms as the price of "freedom".

Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting to keep your own money.