“The greatest bulwark against an overreaching government, as tyrants kn...” — Ben Shapiro Quote

“The greatest bulwark against an overreaching government, as tyrants know, is a religious population. That is because religious people form communities of interest adverse to government control of their lives; religious communities rely on their families and each other rather than an overarching government utilizing force.”

“Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will.”

“Why should Congresspeople have to visit D.C.? Thanks to Skype, meetings are possible across the country. Thanks to email, communications are simple. And we've had the technology to vote from afar for decades. Why should we have backroom deals made over cigars thousands of miles distant from those who are affected by those deals?”

“The Chinese government sometimes shuts down the Internet and mobile services in specific areas where unrest occurs.”

“We were poor, but we didn't know it. There were no government bureaus in those days presuming to determine where poorness begins and ends, but I don't remember ever being hungry.”

“But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.”