"When the Founders thought of democracy, they saw democracy in the political sphere - a sphere strictly limited by the Constitution's well-defined and enumerated powers given the federal government. Substituting democratic decision making for what should be private decision making is nothing less than tyranny dressed up."

-- Walter E. Williams

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“The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.”
“The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.”
“For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22.”

Source : "The Fiscal Riff". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. January 2, 2013.
“I'd like to do my first record I ever made, A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye.”
“You have to know your own truth and stick to it. And never despair. Never give up. There's always hope.”
“Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain and defend our Constitution so that decades later you can tell me it's a living document ever changing and is open to interpretation. The guys who wrote it were light years ahead of anyone today, and they meant what they said - now leave the document alone, or there's going to be trouble.”
“In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king. In the darkness the man with a candle is an easy target.”
“I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.”

Source : "What I see in the mirror" by Gary Kemp, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2012.

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