Quotations

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. --C.S.

Lewis A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
-Barry Goldwater (1964)

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.
-Pericles (430 B.C.)

Good intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power. The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.
-Daniel Webster

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
-H.L. Mencken

There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws.--Ayn Rand