Liberty Quotes

"I wouldn't call it fascism exactly, but a political system nominally controlled by an irresponsible, dumbed down electorate who are manipulated by dishonest, cynical, controlled mass media that dispense the propaganda of a corrupt political establishment can hardly be described as democracy either." -Edward Zehr (1936-2001) Columnist
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Edward.Zehr.Quote.7281

"Consider also the willy-nilly growth of the Social Security number. When the numbers were created in 1935, they were supposed to be used for one thing only, to record individual workers’ payments into the Social Security system. Eight years later, Franklin Roosevelt decided all new federal record-keeping would be based on the numbers. In 1962, the IRS adopted them as taxpayer identification numbers. And after Congress permitted states to use the numbers for welfare payments and driver’s licenses in 1976, they mushroomed: food stamps, school lunches, federal loans, even blood donations required Social Security numbers. These days it’s almost impossible to open a bank account or hook up your telephone without one." -Glenn Garvin Source: Bringing The Border War Home, What Will Americans Pay To Keep Out Immigrants?, Reason, October 1995
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Glenn.Garvin.Quote.AC2B

"The cult of the omnipotent state has millions of followers in the united States. Americans of today view their government in the same way as Christians view their God; they worship and adore the state and they render their lives and fortunes to it. Statists believe that their lives -- their very being -- are a privilege that the state has given to them. They believe that everything they do is -- and should be -- to them. They believe that everything they do is -- and should be -- dependent on the consent of the government. Thus, statists support such devices as income taxation, licensing laws, regulations, passports, trade restrictions, and the like." -Jacob G. Hornberger American author, journalist, politician, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation Source: Waco And The Cult Of The Omnipotent State, The Tyranny Of Gun Control, 69 (Future Of Freedom Foundation 1997).
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Jacob.Hornberger.Quote.D536