"To the extent that government is strong, the invididual is weak. Even if his title is citizen, his position is that of subject."

"For the first time in history, we now have a permanently armed police force."

"Man's greatest happiness lies in his freedom as an individual. This is connected with political democracy.

A Republic, not a Democracy - that is, rule of law, not rule of man (Clinton-who-can-do-anything).

Samuel Johnson "There is nothing, which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavery and as one may add, so much wisdom as well."