Richard J. Maybury

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Washington...has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in the way that Rome ruled the Roman Empire.
- Richard J. Maybury
Collection: Peace
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In other words, governments do not collect taxes to provide services, they provide services as an excuse to collect taxes.
- Richard J. Maybury
Collection: Government
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You will never meet anyone who admires the American founders more than I do, but they were human, they made mistakes. Perhaps their worst was that their Bill of Rights stops at the border. Inside the US, the federal government has been limited. Beyond the borders, the government has been able to do anything it wanted.
- Richard J. Maybury
Collection: Freedom
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Do all you have agreed to do, and do not encroach on other persons or their property.
- Richard J. Maybury
Collection: Freedom
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In our government-controlled schools we are taught that Lincoln was our greatest president because his war ended slavery and saved the Union. As usual, the other side of the story - the side that reflects poorly on the government - somehow gets lost.
- Richard J. Maybury
Collection: War
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To me, patriotism means dedication to the principles on which the country was founded and a willingness to stand firm and fight for these principles regardless of what the government says or does
- Richard J. Maybury
Collection: Country