We shall be governed either by ourselves, under a Constitution, or else we shall be governed by the new kind of master invented in our day, the bureaucrat.
It's harder to maintain the "Live free or die!" spirit when you're facing not an immediate crisis but just a slow, remorseless, unceasing ratchet effect.
Too many people think that life and liberty are about their frivolous pleasures. And again, largely what relativism reflects is simply a lack of learning.
The question is, how do you make money in a free market? You only make money if you can provide someone with something he or she is willing to pay for.