I wish I could say I was shocked at the reports the NSA is secretly spying on the private phone calls of millions of Verizon customers. However, this is a predictable result of a government that continues to erode our liberties while promising some glimmering hope of security.
The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.
Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That’s where I’m very optimistic.
There is but one special interest that we should be working for, and that would solve just about all of our problems, and that is our liberty.
It would be virtually impossible to finance wars without taxing the people, and the welfare system would be limited because there wouldn’t be enough money in the bank to sustain it as it is, and that would help prices stay under control.
When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.
As long as we live beyond our means, we are destined to live beneath our means.
When you have war, whether it’s a war against drugs, war against terrorism, war overseas, the mentality of the people change and they’re more willing to sacrifice their liberties in order to be safe and secure.
Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven’t had capitalism.
Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it’s realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy.
There’s a a right to privacy for all individuals and all who have legal rights – and that includes the unborn. As an obstetrician, if I cause any harm to a fetus, I will be sued. If someone kills or harms a fetus they’re liable in a court of law.
We need to make sure that people can save all the money they spend on medical care by getting it back from their taxes, by reducing their tax burden.
Banning guns because of their misuse is like banning the First Amendment because one might libel or slander.
By the way, when I say cut taxes, I don’t mean fiddle with the code. I mean abolish the income tax and the IRS, and replace them with nothing.
Unskilled and inexperienced workers are the ones most often deprived of employment opportunities by increases in the minimum wage.
All initiation of force is a violation of someone else’s rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it’s supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals.
It is true that liberty is not free, nor is it easy. But tyranny – even varying degrees of it – is much more difficult, and much more expensive. The time has come to rein in the federal government, put it on a crash diet, and let the people keep their money and their liberty.
When we give government the power to make medical decisions for us, we, in essence, accept that the state owns our bodies.
If people won’t spend any money, the government has this moral obligation to do it.
During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.