Quotes of James Bovard - somelinesforyou

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

- James Bovard

“ 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. ”

- James Bovard

“ I was also surprised at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to demagogue against the rights of gun owners, for instance. ”

- 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

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

- 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

“ 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. ”

- James Bovard

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

- James Bovard

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

- 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

“ Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation. ”

- 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

“ 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. ”

- James Bovard

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

- 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

“ 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

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

- James Bovard

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

- 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

“ People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests. ”

- James Bovard

“ People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests. ”

- James Bovard

“ Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation. ”

- James Bovard

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

- 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

“ 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

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

- James Bovard
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