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James Bovard


Bestselling libertarian author and lecturer, whose political commentary targets examples of waste, failures, corruption, cronyism and abuses of power in government.
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For scores of millions of Americans, Clinton's "caring" was more important than his lying.
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Paternalism is a desperate gamble that lying politicians will honestly care for those who fall under their power.
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The growth of government is like the spread of a dense jungle, and the average citizen can hack through less of it every year.




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As long as rulers are above the law, citizens have the same type of freedom that slaves had on days when their masters chose not to beat them.
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The arrogance of power is the best hope for the survival of freedom.
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In the long run, people have more to fear from governments than from terrorists. Terrorists come and go, but power-hungry politicians will always be with us.
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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.
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There is no technological magic bullet that will make the government as smart as it is powerful.
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The principle of government supremacy is Clinton's clearest legacy.
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It is impossible to destroy all alleged enemies of freedom everywhere without also destroying freedom in the United States.
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Truth is a lagging indicator in politics.




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The Patriot Act treats every citizen like a suspected terrorist and every federal agent like a proven angel.
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Clinton exploited and expanded the dictatorial potential of the U.S. presidency.
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The surest effect of exalting government is to make it easier for some people to drag others down.
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Trusting government nowadays means dividing humanity into two classes: those who can be trusted with power to run other people’s lives, and those who cannot even be trusted to run their own lives.
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Instead of revealing the “will of the people,” election results are often only a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions.
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