advocating the moral superiority of liberty

Citizens often want government to solve problems, despite its dismal track record. Such a viewpoint represents the triumph of hope over wisdom and fails to take into account that it is incentives, not intentions, that determine results.

Wealth can only be created by production. Government cannot produce wealth. Its capacity is only to dispose of it with fiscal policy and erode it with monetary policy--which it does relentlessly.

The American government was constructed by our founders to protect individual rights, not destroy them. We were to be a voluntary society, not a compulsory one. The greatness of America resides in its capacity for freedom.

Citizens should love their country, but never trust their government. Political power always comes at the expense of individual liberty. As a result, each of us should be keenly aware that the Constitution is our friend and that most politicians are not.