“ At the end of a century that has seenthe evils of communism, Nazism and other modern tyrannies,the impulse to centralize power remains amazingly persistent. Joseph Sobran
“ Politics is the conspiracy of the unproductive but organized against the productive but unorganized. Joseph Sobran
“ When your child is a little older, you can teach him about our tax system in a way that is easy to grasp. Offer him, say, $10 to mow the lawn. When he has mowed it and asks to be paid, withhold $5 and… Joseph Sobran
“ Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer. Joseph Sobran
“ The measure of the state's success is that the word anarchy frightens people, while the word state does not. Joseph Sobran
“ Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government, they assume that its might makes it right. Joseph Sobran
“ 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 modera… Joseph Sobran
“ The real triumph of the state occurs when its subjects refer to it as “we,” like football fans talking about the home team. Joseph Sobran
“ 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 a… Joseph Sobran
