Best quotes by James Bovard on Government

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades, that so many people have this blind faith that government is our friend and therefore, so we don't need protections against it.

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• ‟ It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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.

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

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• ‟ It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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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• ‟ Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

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