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Monthly Archives: October 2022
IF IT WERE UP TO ME WE’D BAN THEM ALL U….
IF IT WERE UP TO ME WE’D BAN THEM ALL U.S. Representative Mel Reynolds (D) CNN Crossfire 12/9/93 on gunsThe Constitution shall never be construed…to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms. Samuel Adams, Debates & Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87’A free people ought..to be armed…’ George Washington, speech of January 7, 1790
Women’s liberationists spread the word that…the only peaceful family is …
Women’s liberationists spread the word that…the only peaceful family is one in which either the wife is enslaved or the husband is androgynous. R. Emmett Tyell
The Liberal Crack-Up, 1984
The world is as good as you are. You’ve got to …
The world is as good as you are. You’ve got to learn to like yourself first. I’m a little screwed up, but I’m beautiful. Steve McQueen
Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and …
Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy for superstition. Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke, Second Speech on Conciliation with America, March 22, 1775 (1729-1797)
The government is good at one thing…it knows how to break …
The government is good at one thing…it knows how to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say ‘see if it weren’t for the government you wouldn’t be able to walk.’ Harry Browne
(1996 & 2000 Libertarian Party Presidential candidate)
Instead of arguing that Mr. Bush’s tax cut goes too far, …
Instead of arguing that Mr. Bush’s tax cut goes too far, we Democrats should be arguing that it doesn’t go far enough. Middle-class families need more tax relief now as America faces an economic threat we haven’t seen since the 1930s — the threat of deflation.The Federal Reserve has already cut interest rates to the lowest levels in 40 years, and there’s not much more it can do. This country needs a massive economic stimulus now, before we head down the road of falling prices, falling wages and falling home values. There is a way out and it works. Let’s cut taxes for individuals and business even more, right now. Zell Miller
U.S. Senator, Georgia, Democrat
The only thing to fear is fear itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd …
The only thing to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(32nd President of the United States, 1882-1945)
What is the proper role of government in a free society? To …
What is the proper role of government in a free society? To answer this question, we must first understand what is meant by ‘government’.Government is the use of force. To govern means to control. The use of force is implicit in the definition of control. Otherwise, it would be ‘influence’ rather than control. Even the good things that governments do involve the use of force somewhere, somehow. Some times government uses force directly to control behavior. Other times, government uses money taken by force to fund activities which would otherwise not involve the use of force.Understanding that government is the use of force, the question then becomes ‘What is the proper use of force in a free society?’. Joseph Knight
Properly understood, private property – whether it is in the form of land, …
Properly understood, private property – whether it is in the form of land, wealth, possessions, or ideas – is an extension of the person. It guarantees his freedom to act, to express his will, and to exercise his rights under an equitable system of civil justice. Joseph Broadus
Professor of Law, George Mason University, 1997