Here's a couple ones I found in my US Government textbook:
p.19 "The democratic process does not intend to come up with the 'right' or 'best' answers"
well jeez, that explains a lot...
then, on the very next page:
p.20 "Absolute freedom can exist only in a state of anarchy"
well let's do that then!

-From Magruder's "American Covernment," 2003