Statists want more government because they do not trust people to behave responsibly when they have complete freedom. I want less government because I do not trust governors, officials, and bureaucrats to behave responsibly when they have the power to override others' Liberty.

"If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind?" ~Frédéric Bastiat