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If You Want Government To Intervene Domestically, You’re A Liberal. If You Want Government To Intervene Overseas, You’re A Conservative. If You Want Government To Intervene Everywhere, You’re A Moderate. If You Don’t Want Government To Intervene Anywhere, You’re An Extremist.

By Today's Standards King George Iii Was A Very Mild Tyrant Indeed. He Taxed His American Colonists At A Rate Of Only Pennies Per Annum. His Actual Impact On Their Personal Lives Was Trivial. He Had Arbitrary Power Over Them In Law And In Principle But In Fact It Was Seldom Exercised. If You Compare His Rule With That Of Today's U.s. Government You Have To Wonder Why We Celebrate Our Independence.

Liberals Have A New Wish Every Time Their Latest Wish Is Granted. Conservatives Should Make Them Spell Out Their Principles And Ideals. Instead Of Doing This, Conservatives Allow Liberals To Pursue Incremental Goals Without Revealing Their Ultimate Destination. So, Thanks To The Negligence Of Their Opponents, Liberals Control The Terms Of Every Debate By Always Demanding 'more' While Never Defining 'enough.' The Predictable Result Is That They Always Get More, And It's Never Enough.

Since Outright Slavery Has Been Discredited, "democracy" Is The Only Remaining Rationale For State Compulsion That Most People Will Accept.

The Chances Of Your Being Harmed By Terrorists Are Mathematically Minute. The Chance Of Your Being Robbed By Your Own Government? That's Easy: 100 Per Cent.