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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.

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

James Bovard

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.

James Bovard

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

James Bovard

Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission.

James Bovard

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?

James Bovard

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.

James Bovard

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

James Bovard

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

James Bovard

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.

James Bovard

It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration.

James Bovard

The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power.

James Bovard

There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency.

James Bovard

With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and lying politicians is putting our entire system of government to a death spiral.

James Bovard

The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.

James Bovard

This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal.

James Bovard

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.

James Bovard

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

James Bovard

There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it is far better than a one-man rule situation.

James Bovard

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.

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

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It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights.

James Bovard

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

James Bovard

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

James Bovard