"There is no virtue in forcibly taking care of people who otherwise would have taken care of themselves. Many paternalist policies are the equivalent of Boy Scouts kidnapping little old ladies and forcing them to cross streets so that the Scouts can fill their quota of good deeds."

"Politicians appear far more anxious to control citizens then to protect them."

Bertrand Russell: "In a social system in which power is open to all, the posts which confer power will, as a rule, be occupied by men who differ from the average in being exceptiaonally power-loving."