Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Paul Jacob

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American activist Paul Jacob.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Paul Jacob

Paul Jacob is an American activist, organizer, and advocate for legislative term limits, initiative and veto referendum rights, and limited government in the United States. He writes a weekly column for Townhall.com and his short radio commentary feature, "Common Sense," is syndicated by the Citizens in Charge Foundation on over 120 radio stations around the U.S. He has held positions with the U.S. Libertarian Party, U.S. Term Limits, Americans for Limited Government, the Citizens in Charge Foundation and the Sam Adams Alliance.

For all their talk about the virtues of democracy, many incumbent politicians really don't like it when voters have a voice-not if that voice is effective.
I'm starting to like muggers more than congressmen. At least the muggers don't claim they're doing you a favor. — © Paul Jacob
I'm starting to like muggers more than congressmen. At least the muggers don't claim they're doing you a favor.
'We the People' established the Constitution. Did we really do so to somehow keep ourselves out of the decision making. Are we only wise when it comes to electing people capable of governing our affairs, but wholly without the intellect to decide issues for ourselves?
Our current political system ensures not that the worst will get on top - though they often do - but that the best will never even apply.
I agree with Thomas Jefferson, who once wrote that he would support the death penalty only when the infallibility of human judgment had been demonstrated.
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