Joseph Sobran Quotes

Since outright slavery has been discredited, democracy is the only remaining rationale for state compulsion that most people will accept.

The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.

Voters who live off taxpayers are the Democrats’ ace in the hole. The Democrats created big programs and never let the recipients forget it. This gives them an initial advantage of tens of millions of votes in any presidential election.

The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire.

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.