Quotes by James Bovard

About James Bovard:

James Bovard is a libertarian author and lecturer whose political commentary targets examples of waste, failures, corruption, cronyism and abuses of power in government. He is the author of Attention Deficit Democracy, and eight other books. He has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New Republic, Reader's Digest, The American Conservative, and many other publications. His books have been translated into Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, and Korean.
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Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people.

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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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Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

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It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had.

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Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms.

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It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.

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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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As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board.

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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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Author Bio

  • NameJames Bovard
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist
  • Born1956
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor