Quotes

I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

- James Madison

Examples of such abridgement are easy to spot, going back even to the personal income tax when first instated only taxed those at the upper end of the income spectrum and to a small degree, to the "Patriot" Act that serves to circumvent our Fourth Amendment rights.