8. “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. So governments’ programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth.”
From his famous “Time for Choosing” speech on behalf of the Barry Goldwater campaign in 1964, this quote reflects much of the negativity that it is easy to have as a libertarian. It seems that as more special interests are pleased and more government programs are created, there is each time a strand of freedom which is nearly impossible to regain. One needs only to think of how much larger government has gotten in the window since this very quote! Government never willingly gives back power once it has been seized. It is for this reason that we must educate and mobilize to do everything in our power to restrain encroachments upon liberty any time that they present themselves.
