I believe in libertarian principles but not in libertarian fetishes. In any context, the difference between principles and fetishes can be the difference between night and day. Thomas Sowell,
Dec. 4 2007
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the …
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free. Clarence Darrow
Legendary defense lawyer
In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, ‘…
In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, ‘one when he was a boy and one when he was a man.’ Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910)
Government is a dangerous servant and a terrible master. Robert A. Heinlein …
Government is a dangerous servant and a terrible master.
Robert A. Heinlein
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
A fanatic is one who won’t change his mind and won’…
A fanatic is one who won’t change his mind and won’t change the subject. Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British statesman and Prime Minister (1940-1945; 1951-1955) 1874-1965
The idea that Othe public interestO supersedes private interests and rights can …
The idea that Othe public interestO supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning: that the interests and rights of some individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of others. Ayn Rand
Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum ) (1905-1982) Russian-American writer
There are two fundamental principles of justice in America. One is that …
There are two fundamental principles of justice in America. One is that people should not be prohibited from pursuing their own pleasures, their pursuit of happiness. The other is that no one should be forced to pay for another person’s pleasure. Ross Levatter
Physician, Liberty, September 1998
Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. …
Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century. Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. Mark Twain …
There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. Mark Twain
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910)
You may fool all the people some of the time, you can …
You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time. Abraham Lincoln