The Founders Were Right All

I'm Sorry That Government Involves Filling Out A Lot Of Forms. ... I'm Sorry Myself That We're Not Still On The Frontier, Where We Could All Tote Guns, Shoot Anything That Moved And Spit To Our Hearts' Content. But We Live In A Diverse And Crowded Country, And With Civilization Comes Regulation.

The Impulse To Make Ourselves Safer By Making Ourselves Less Free Is An Old One ... When We Are Badly Frightened, We Think We Can Make Ourselves Safer By Sacrificing Some Of Our Liberties. We Did It During The Mccarthy Era Out Of Fear Of Communism. Less Liberty Is Regularly Proposed As A Solution To Crime, To Pornography, To Illegal Immigration, To Abortion, To All Kinds Of Threats.

If His Iq Slips Any Lower, We'll Have To Water Him Twice A Day

Satire Is Traditionally The Weapon Of The Powerless Against The Powerful.

The Thing About Democracy, Beloveds, Is That It Is Not Neat, Orderly, Or Quiet. It Requires A Certain Relish For Confusion.