“The folks celebrating Jim Bunning are seeing him as an anti-government, anti-spending activist. But to embrace Jim Bunning is to embrace a strange record, if you really are a libertarian, if you really are a deficit hawk, if you really care about spending and responsibility.” IfsGovernmentCareResponsibilityRecordsSeeingStrangeEmbraceFolksSpendingLibertarianCelebrateActivistDeficitHawksAnti Government Author:Rachel Maddow
“Neocons do not feel that kind of alarm or anxiety about the growth of the state in the past century, seeing it as natural, indeed inevitable ... People have always preferred strong government to weak government, although they certainly have no liking for anything that smacks of overly intrusive government.” PeopleFeelsKindStatesGovernmentPastStrongGrowthNaturalSeeingCenturyAnxietyWeakInevitableAlarmsSmackStrong GovernmentWeak Government Author:Irving Kristol
“I'm very, very worried about the invasion of privacy rights that we're seeing not only from the N.S.A. and the government but from corporate America, as well. We're losing our privacy rights. It's a huge issue.” WellsGovernmentAmericaIssuesRightsSeeingHugeLosingWorriedCorporatePrivacyInvasionCorporate AmericaInvasion Of Privacy Author:Bernie Sanders
“Despotic governments do not recognize the precious human component of the state, seeing its citizens only as a faceless, mindless -- and helpless -- mass to be manipulated at will. It is as though people were incidental to a nation rather than its very life-blood.” PeopleHumansStatesGovernmentNationsSeeingBloodCitizensMassTyrantsHelplessComponentsMindlessFaceless Book:Freedom from Fear: And Other Writings Source: Freedom from Fear: And Other Writings