"Charley Reese" was an American syndicated columnist known for his conservative views. He was associated with the Orlando Sentinel from 1971 to 2001, both as a writer and in various editorial capacities. King Features Syndicate distributed his column, which was published three times per week.

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The universal franchise is a bad idea. The notion that the destiny of the nation should be put in the hands of ignoramuses, parasites, boobs, party hacks and idiots is absurd on its face.

Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible.

The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and high taxes.

We... are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant.

The politicians in this world... have at their command weapons of mass destruction far more complex than their own thinking processes.