The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of Rights was not directed at private citizens, but against the government-as an explicit declaration that individual rights supersede any public or social power.

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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.

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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked. If a dictatorship ever comes to this country, it will be by the fault of those who keep silent. We are still free enough to speak. Do we have time? No one can tell.

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A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.

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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.

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Do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement.

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Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.

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There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.

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You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

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