Author Profile
Bob Barr
1948 • American • Politician
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Collected Meditations
Showing 38 quotesPresidential and vice-presidential debates are not about campaign staff or consultants, and it is high time we as a people took control and reminded them and their candidates of that important fact.— Bob Barr
History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured.— Bob Barr
The average American returning from a trip abroad likely - and understandably - assumes the contents of his or her electronic device does not come close to meeting the threshold of 'criminal' activity, such as would give a government agent the right to seize and peruse their iPad just because they are returning from a vacation.— Bob Barr
The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody.— Bob Barr
When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials and help prevent recurrence; the 'Waco hearings,' conducted over a two-week period in 1995, stand as an example of such an undertaking.— Bob Barr
On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.— Bob Barr
Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing.— Bob Barr
The world is undoubtedly a safer, freer place because Thatcher - like Reagan - refused to back down when it came to defending freedom.— Bob Barr
Unfortunately, most gun control advocates are not really interested in rational debate, and their political games simply send Alice chasing white rabbits down holes.— Bob Barr
It is not just software glitches and corrupted memory cards that should be on the minds of election officials. Hackers pose another very real problem whereby an election could be tilted towards a favored candidate.— Bob Barr
Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.— Bob Barr
Organizations worried about the potential for e-voting problems have long-advocated for audit procedures by which votes cast by e-voting machines could be verified through audit trails.— Bob Barr
Going to war against Iran - whether one calls such a move 'surgical' or 'total' - would be an extremely serious undertaking; with worldwide economic, military, diplomatic and human ramifications in both the short- and the long-term.— Bob Barr
The 2011 riots in England, which left five dead and caused more than $300 million in property damage, were fueled by a generation of young Brits who grew up without ever hearing the word 'No.'— Bob Barr