In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. – Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935
People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government. – Cal Thomas