We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringEWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.Through the unknown, remembered gateWhen the last of earth left to discoverIs that which was the beginning;At the source of the longest riverThe voice of the hidden waterfallAnd the children in the apple-treeNot known, because not looked forBut heard, half-heard, in the stillnessBetween two waves of the sea.Quick now, here, now, always -A condition of complete simplicity(Costing not less than everything)And all shall be well andAll manner of thing shall be wellWhen the tongues of flame are infoldedInto the crowned knot of fireAnd the fire and the rose are one. T.S. Eliot
from Little GiddingE (in the Four Quartets)1888-1965
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Some folks still don’t get it. The federal government’s one-…
Some folks still don’t get it. The federal government’s one-size-fits-all policy was repudiated by the voters in November [1994], but true believers continue to look to Washington to solve our welfare problem while ignoring the extraordinarily creative reforms launched by states. Phil Gramm
Phil Gramm, USA Today, February 1, 1995
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be …
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both. James Madison
(Fourth President of the United States) (1751-1836)
But money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you …
But money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. It will give you the means for the satisfaction of your desires, but it will not provide you with desires. Money is the scourge of the men who attempt to reverse the law of causality- the men who seek to replace the mind by seizing the products of the mind. Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged,(1905-1982)
The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face …
The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. H. L. Mencken
(1880-1956)
Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them …
Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn reasonable and become your enemies. One quarter are afraid to stop and speak. And onequarter are killed and you die with them. The blessed final quarter keep you alive. Sinclair Lewis
An economist is the only professional who sees something working in practice …
An economist is the only professional who sees something working in practice and then seriously wonders if it works in theory. Ronald Reagan
The liars punishment is, not in the least that he cannot be …
The liars punishment is, not in the least that he cannot be believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, 1856-1950
Decriminalization would take the profit out of drugs and greatly reduce, if …
Decriminalization would take the profit out of drugs and greatly reduce, if not eliminate, the drug-related violence that is currently plaguing our streets. Kurt L. Schmoke
Kurt L. Schmoke, Baltimore Mayor
By the essence and nature of existence, contradictions cannot exist. If you …
By the essence and nature of existence, contradictions cannot exist. If you find one, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged, (1905-1982)