Thomas Jefferson Man did not enter into society to become worse than he was before, nor to have fewer rights than he had before, but to have those rights better secured. They conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men. If its people are to have a respect for law, a nation must have respectable laws, and no law is respectable if it authorizes officers to act like burglars, and robs the people of the only means they have for determining whether those who seek to invade their habitations violently or by stealth are officers or burglars. The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
All forms of government are pernicious, including good government.
The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power or means to coerce others. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.