“For libertarians, freedom entails the right of people to live their lives any way they choose, so long as their conduct is peaceful. For conservatives, freedom entails the right of government to do just about anything it wants, even if its conduct is violent.” PeopleIfsWayWantLongGovernmentLibertyLibertarianViolentPeacefulLibertarianismLibertarian Party Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“It is commonly believed that the rights of the American people come from the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth.” PeopleLibertyRightsConstitutionLibertarian Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“[T]ake the war on drugs. The average American says, "The war on drugs has been beneficial." The rest of us see reality. This war has destroyed thousands of Americans. It is also a pretext for government agents to rob innocent people in airports and on the highways - they seize and confiscate large amounts of cash and say to their victims: "Sue us if you don't like it." And more and more judges, politicians, intelligence agents, and law-enforcement officers are on the take - as dependent on the drug-war largess as the drug lords themselves.” PeopleIfsHas BeensWarRealityGovernmentLawLordJudgingAmountPoliticianDrugVictimAverageInnocentDestroyedAgentsDependentOfficersCashLaw EnforcementEnforcementHighwaysAirportsBeneficialWar On DrugsPretext Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“The biggest threat to the American people today lies with the United States government. ... [T]he long-term solution is to dismantle, not reform, the iron fist of the welfare state and the controlled economy. This includes the end (not the reform) of the IRS, the DEA, the BATF, the SEC, the FDA, HUD, the departments of HHS, Labor, Agriculture, and energy, and every other agency that takes money from some and gives it to others or interferes with peaceful behavior.” PeopleGivingLongEndsStatesGovernmentTodayLyingEnergyTermUnitedUnited StatesEconomyBehaviorSolutionsLaborThreatPeacefulReformWelfareLong TermAgencyDepartmentIronControlledAgricultureInterfereFistsState GovernmentWelfare StateIrsFdaUnited States Government Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“Every single American can exclaim, 'Nothing justifies what they did in New York and Washington,' not even the bombs that our government has dropped on them for ten years or the embargo that has caused the deaths of so many children. That's of course true...The issue is simply an acceptance of reality and a fundamental fact of life: When governments do bad things to people, people sometimes retaliate.” PeopleYearsChildrenSometimesFactsRealityGovernmentCoursesIssuesNew YorkAcceptanceTenFundamentalsBombsJustifyBad ThingsFacts Of LifeEmbargo Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“[D]ecade after decade, through taxes and regulations, governments at all levels took ever-increasing control over people's lives, wealth, and property. The control grew exponentially, decade after decade. The rationale was that the control was necessary -- for society, for the poor, for the nation, even for freedom itself. Americans continued living their life of the lie: they continued believing that the more control government exercised over their lives and property, the freer they became.” PeopleBelieveGovernmentLyingNationsWealthPoorLevelsGrewTaxesPropertyDecadesRegulationRationale Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“From the inception of our nation our American ancestors intended for the United States to operate under a precious-metals monetary system or, more specifically, under a monetary system in which people used gold and silver coins rather than paper money as the media of exchange.” PeopleStatesUsedNationsUnitedUnited StatesMediaPaperGoldSilverMetalsAncestorCoinsMonetaryInceptionGold And SilverMonetary SystemPaper MoneyPrecious Metal Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“Unfortunately, liberals didn't stop with welfare-statism. They also turned to economic regulations, not understanding that such interventions, again, harmed the very people they were supposedly truing to help - the poor and destitute.” PeopleHelpingUnderstandingPoorEconomicWelfareRegulationInterventionDestituteHelp The Poor Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“History has shown more than once that when people surrender totalitarian powers to their rulers, they are inevitably exercised in the next big crisis. And let's not forget here that the next president who wields this power and who will be in charge of military might well be Hillary Clinton.” PeopleWellsBigsMightNextPresidentForgetMilitaryCrisisClintonSurrenderRulers Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“Individual freedom and drug laws contradict each other. In a genuinely free society, people are free to ingest whatever they want to ingest, no matter how harmful or destructive. What people ingest is none of the government's business. If drug users or drug addicts wish to get help, a free society provides the means to do so.” PeopleIfsWantMeanMatterHelpingGovernmentLawIndividualWishDrugDestructiveUsersAddictFree SocietyDrug AddictIndividual FreedomDrug Laws Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“The reason people hate America is because they don't like being treated like garbage by arrogant, pompous, hypocritical, self-righteous, duplicitous, imperialist political and bureaucratic hacks.” PeopleSelfReasonAmericaPoliticalHateTreatedRighteousArrogantGarbageHacksSelf RighteousHypocriticalPompous Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
