Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems. Some of these same voices also do their best to gum up the works. They'll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices.
Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.
Cynics about government find much to be cynical about.
Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented.
To the ordinary guy, all this is a bunch of gobbledygook. But out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing: you can't trust the government, you can't believe what they say, and you can't rely on their judgment.
Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government.
It's the feeling right from the beginning that the government is not on your side, the government thinks you're going to use this opportunity to cheat them, even though you've just been through this huge trauma.
They [Americans] augur misgovernment at a distance and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
