This manslaughter must be stopped. You are losing; if you persist, it will only result in greater bloodshed. Hitler is not a bad man…. Gandhi
He wrote to the Viceroy of India, as Germany’s panzer divisions were turning west, Allied armies were collapsing under the ferocious onslaught, and British ships were streaming across the Straits of Dover from Dunkirk. (From the magazine, “Commentary,” March 1983, published monthly by the AmericanJewish Committee, New York, NY.)
Monthly Archives: April 2026
If you are afraid of loneliness, don’t marry. Chekhov …
If you are afraid of loneliness, don’t marry.
Chekhov
The freest form of government is only the least objectionable form. The …
The freest form of government is only the least objectionable form. The rule of the many by the few we call tyranny: the rule of the few by the many is tyranny also; only of a less intense kind. Herbert Spencer
‘Social Statics’ (1851)
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…all are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent natural rights, of which when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, divide or divest their posterity. George Mason
Virginia Declaration of Rights, quoted in Murray N. Rothbard, (1977), Robert Nozick and the Immaculate Conception of the State
For the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on …
For the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. I Samuel 16:7
Mob rule isn’t any prettier merely because the mob calls itself …
Mob rule isn’t any prettier merely because the mob calls itself a government. It isn’t charity if you are using someone else’s money. Unknown
We never said, Why us? What if? That’s just a waste …
We never said, ‘Why us? What if?’ That’s just a waste of time. John Walsh
in Tears of Rage
Insufficient facts can always represent danger. Spock Spock from Star Trek…
Insufficient facts can always represent danger.
Spock
Spock from Star Trek
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed …
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often,and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. Rudyard Kipling
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty …
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. John Adams
American diplomat and 2nd President of the United States from 1797-1801 (1735-1826)