Is there anything more dangerous to the cause of liberty than a politician fixated on re-election? Neal Boortz More Quotes by Neal Boortz More Quotes From Neal Boortz Our founding fathers detested the idea of a democracy and labored long to prevent America becoming one. Once again - the word 'democracy' does not appear in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, or the constitution of any of the fifty states. Not once. Furthermore, take a look at State of the Union speeches. You won't find the 'D' word uttered once until the Wilson years. Neal Boortz fatheryearsideas The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, Neal Boortz choiceskeysresponsibility If it is wrong for you to take money from someone else who earned it, to take their money by force for your own needs, then it is certainly just as wrong for you to demand that the government step forward and do this dirty work for you. Neal Boortz governmentstepsdirty Isn't it somewhat remarkable that we can go back a a few hundred years and find no shortage of quotations from our founding fathers warning us against the dangers of democracy, yet today teachers and politicians use the word as if it were an offering of gold. Neal Boortz offeringteacherfather There are people in Congress who aren't very bright. In fact, some of them are just plain brain-dead. Neal Boortz politicalbrainpeople One of the most crucial but hardest things to do as part of turning your life around is to get rid of all the negative people around you and replace them with people who encourage you instead. Neal Boortz things-to-dopeoplenegative Speaking of earning, the revered 40-hour workweek is for losers. Forty hours should be considered the minimum, not the maximum. You don't see highly successful people clocking out of the office every afternoon at five. The losers are the ones caught up in that afternoon rush hour. The winners drive home in the dark. Neal Boortz successfuldarkhome The single most prevalent form of child abuse in this country is the act of sending a child to a government school. We worry incessantly about the separation of church and state. We would do well to devote half as much attention to the separation of government and education. Neal Boortz countrychildrenschool Politicians detest self-sufficient citizens. Politicians need to be needed. When we get socialized medicine, you will be completely dependent upon politicians for your medical care, as Canadians are today. That's why if you need an MRI in Canada, you have to wait three months - unless you pay certain kinds of homage to the right politicians. Neal Boortz medicineselfwaiting No wonder politicians love government schools. Where do you think the dumb masses come from that can be so easily led and manipulated? Neal Boortz governmentschoolthinking If you support the war on drugs in its present form, then you're only paying lip-service to the defense of freedom, and you don't really grasp the concept of the sovereign individual human being. Neal Boortz supportdrugwar Screaming racism is the last refuge of leftist intellectuals who've completely lost their mojo. Neal Boortz mojolastsracism Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. Neal Boortz freedom-of-speechvotingneeds You have to ask yourself, 'Who owns me? Do I own myself or am I just another piece of government property?' Neal Boortz individualismpiecesgovernment Government schools will teach children that government is wonderful. Neal Boortz governmentchildrenschool What sort of a brain-dead idiot does it take to actually believe that gun laws will prevent criminals from obtaining and carrying guns? Neal Boortz gunlawbelieve The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not. Neal Boortz partygovernmenthumorous Those who would rule with an iron fist always fear the free expression of opinions by those they would suppress. Neal Boortz ironfistsexpression I can't think of anything that would do more toward putting us back on the road to liberty and personal responsibility than for the average American, and for the news media, to come to the understanding that we are not a democracy, nor were we supposed to be. Neal Boortz mediaresponsibilitythinking The majority of Americans get their news and information about what is going on with their government from entities that are licensed by and subject to punishment at the hands of that very government. Neal Boortz punishmentgovernmenthands
