Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting to keep your own money

Quote by Joseph Sobran

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Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs....

Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs....

Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting...

Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting...

Freedom is coming to mean little more than the right to ask permission

Freedom is coming to mean little more than the right to ask permission

War is just one more big government program.

War is just one more big government program.

Freedom is coming to mean little more than the right to ask permission.

Freedom is coming to mean little more than the right to ask permission.

War nearly always serves as an occasion for serious expansions of state power and the...

War nearly always serves as an occasion for serious expansions of state power and the...

The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire.

The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire.

The best defense is a good offence

The best defense is a good offence

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get...

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get...

When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but...

When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense...

Most of the time when people act out of defense, it's because they're guilty about...

Most of the time when people act out of defense, it's because they're guilty about...

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at...

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at...

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.

Defend me, God, from myself

Defend me, God, from myself

I only direct in self-defense.

I only direct in self-defense.

Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood...

Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood...

If our air forces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal.

If our air forces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal.

Defense is superior to opulence.

Defense is superior to opulence.

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it

To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and...

To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and...