James Bovard

“The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical the voting public becomes.”

“The war on drugs is a war on the American people.”

“There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.”

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

“Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.”

“The goal of many politicians is to make the public forget yesterday what they were promising today.”

“Washington is a place where politicians don't say what they think and reporters don't report what they know.”

“Federal aid is a bribe to state and local governments to surrender their autonomy.”

“The most dangerous myth is the myth of the benevolent state.”

“A citizen's right to a court challenge is a fundamental pillar of our justice system.”

“The USA PATRIOT Act is the most anti-American piece of legislation since the Alien and Sedition Acts.”

“The problem with political jokes is they get elected.”

“The worse government fails, the more it demands the power to succeed.”

“If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.”

“Giving government more power to solve problems is like giving a drunk more car keys.”

“The main effect of the TSA has been to shampoo the constitutional rights of the American people.”

“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”

“The bigger the government, the greater the corruption.”

“Truth is the first casualty of an election year.”

“Americans are far more endangered by the war on terrorism than by terrorism itself.”