Justice is no longer a concern of the justice system. Paul Craig Roberts More Quotes by Paul Craig Roberts More Quotes From Paul Craig Roberts A country whose population has been trained to accept the government's word and to shun those who question it is a country without liberty in its future. Paul Craig Roberts liberty government country The worst criminals of our time are the US and UK governments. Both are devoid of all integrity, all honor, all mercy, all humanity. Many members of both governments would have made perfect functionaries in Stalinist Russia or Nazi Germany. Paul Craig Roberts russia government integrity I don’t know why liberals want to disarm the law-abiding population, but I do know that not a single argument proffered stands the light of facts. Armed citizens deter far more crimes than the police, and far more lives are saved by the intended victim being armed than are lost in firearm accidents. Paul Craig Roberts police light law According to the Tax Foundation, the average American worker works 127 days of the year just to pay his taxes. That means that government owns 36 percent of the average American's output-which is more than feudal serfs owed the robber barons. That 36 percent is more than the average American spends on food, clothing and housing. In other words, if it were not for taxes, the average American's living standard would at least double. Paul Craig Roberts government average mean When America's creditors consider our behavior they see total fiscal irresponsibility. They see a deluded country that acts as if it is a privilege for foreigners to lend to it, and a deluded country that believes that foreigners will continue to accumulate US debt until the end of time. The fact of the matter is that the US is bankrupt. Paul Craig Roberts believe country america As the growing emphasis on feelings crowds out reason, facts will play a smaller role in public discourse. Paul Craig Roberts liberty play feelings The very concept of law that protects us from tyranny has been lost. No longer the people's shield, law has become a weapon in the hands of government. Paul Craig Roberts government law hands The United States has collapsed economically, socially, politically, legally, constitutionally, and environmentally. Paul Craig Roberts united united-states states If we add state capitalism to the Bush administration's success in eroding both the US Constitution and the power of Congress, we may be witnessing the final death of accountable constitutional government. Paul Craig Roberts finals government add If our language and culture are not passed on to immigrants, where will they learn to value integrity in government and the rule of law? Paul Craig Roberts government law integrity If liberals can seize our guns because they are dangerous, we have no chance of holding on to our cars and our homes. The total number of accidental fatalities (the majority of which are hunting accidents) of all types of firearms is infinitesimal compared to the number of fatalities from car and home accidents. More children die from playing with cigarette lighters than from playing with loaded guns. Paul Craig Roberts gun home children A country in which 42% of the population is totally misinformed is not a country where democracy is safe. Paul Craig Roberts population democracy country The notion that Americans can be protected from "terror" by giving up the Bill of Rights is absurd. Democrats are complicit in this absurd notion. Many were intimidated into voting for police state legislation, because they lacked the intestinal fortitude to call police state legislation by its own name. The legislation that has been passed during the Bush regime is far more dangerous to Americans than Muslim terrorists. Paul Craig Roberts giving-up rights names Consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds, but law, morality and leadership demand it. Without consistency, there is privilege. Paul Craig Roberts consistency law mind When character is lost, rules and punishments cannot take its place. Paul Craig Roberts punishment lost character There are enough fools in Washington to destroy the country without any help from Muslim terrorists. Paul Craig Roberts fool political country American liberty is being destroyed by Marxist doctrines that explain society in terms of hegemonic and oppressed groups - whether classes, races or genders - fighting for suzerainty. In these societies spun out of Marxist theorizing, good will does not exist, only the material interests of warring groups. Morality resides in the oppressed, but if the oppressed succeed in becoming hegemonic, their claim to moral supremacy evaporates. Paul Craig Roberts fighting race class Unequal group rights, the politics of redistribution and a Constitution whose meaning varies with changeable coalitions are a recipe for civil war. Paul Craig Roberts groups rights war The Golden Rule is to 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' Allegedly, America is a Christian country. This means that Christian America is following Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in a masochistic way. Paul Craig Roberts you country america way Humans regard animals as worthy of protection only when they are on the verge of extinction. Paul Craig Roberts animals only extinction worthy