Quote by James Bovard
It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people a

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. – James Bovard

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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. – James Bovard

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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. – James Bovard

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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 dont need protections against it. – James Bovard

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Religious tolerance is something we should all practice however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else. – Walter Koenig

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Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom. – Benjamin Cardozo

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There are lots of people out there who think they know the truth about God and religion, but does anybody really know for sure? Thats why the founding fathers built freedom of religious belief into the structure of this nation, so that everybody could make up their minds for themselves. – Jesse Ventura

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There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. – Erich Fromm

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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly. – Geddy Lee

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Thats been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But its worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. – Steve Jobs

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