As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board.
From 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.
Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
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.
The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.
I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the fog of lies and avoid any responsibility for it.
The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.
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.
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.
If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.
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