In Too Many Cases, If Our Government

Citizen Participation Is A Device Whereby Public Officials Induce Nonpublic Individuals To Act In A Way The Officials Desire.

The Amount Of Violations Of Human Rights In A Country Is Always An Inverse Function Of The Amount Of Complaints About Human Rights Violations Heard From There. The Greater The Number Of Complaints Being Aired, The Better Protected Are Human Rights In That Country.

Somehow Liberals Have Been Unable To Acquire From Life What Conservatives Seem To Be Endowed With At Birth: Namely, A Healthy Skepticism Of The Powers Of Government Agencies To Do Good.

Government Cannot Provide Values To Persons Who Have None, Or Who Have Lost Those They Had. It Cannot Provide Inner Peace. It Can Provide Outlets For Moral Energies, But It Cannot Create Those Energies.

The Work Of Democratic Government Is Routinely Concerned With Matters Defined As Troubles. In "the Presidency And The Press" I Make The Point, Familiar To Anyone Who Has Flown About The World Much, That The Best Quick Test Of The Political Nature Of A Regime Is To Read The Local Papers On Arrival. If They Are Filled With Bad News, You Have Landed In A Libertarian Society Of Some Sort. If, On The Other Hand, The Press Is Filled With Good News, It Is A Fair Bet That The Jails Will Be Filled With Good Men.