Phrase of the Day

Why we are wary of Obama and the various utopian ideas of liberalism:

If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind? – Frederic Bastiat

Unless you think you’re perfect, then you have to immediately understand that Obama is just as lousy as you are – and thus just as likely to screw up on any given issue – and thus it is best that those in charge have as little power as possible…because one man ruining his own life is one thing, one man ruining everybody’s life is quite another.