James Bovard Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush.”

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

“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?”

“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.”