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James Bovard on Government

born 1956 United States

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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.

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.

People have been taught to expect far more from government than from freedom.

The surest effect of exalting government is to make it easier for some people to drag others down.

The growth of government is like the spread of a dense jungle, and the average citizen can hack through less of it every year.

There is no technological magic bullet that will make the government as smart as it is powerful.

We need a constitutional amendment to make the federal government obey the Constitution.

The worse government fails, the less privacy citizens supposedly deserve.

The principle of government supremacy is Clinton's clearest legacy.

Government cannot make trade more fair by making it less free.

Nothing happened on 9/11 that made the federal government more trustworthy.

The U.S. government has created a trade lynch law that can convict foreign companies almost regardless of how they operate.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Bovard (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.