Kill a man, one is a murderer; kill a million, a conqueror; kill them all, a God. Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand (1894-1977), French biologist, writer. PensZes d’un Biologiste (1939; repr. in The Substance of Man, 1962, p. 68).
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One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes …
One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted — and you create a nation of law-breakers — and then you cash in on the guilt. Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, 1905-1982 [On why one needs objective laws]
Let the people decide through the marketplace mechanism what they wish to …
Let the people decide through the marketplace mechanism what they wish to see and hear. Why is there this national obsession to tamper with this box of transistors and tubes when we don’t do the same for Time magazine? Mark Fowler
Mark Fowler, Former FCC Chairman
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. …
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
Voltaire
(1694-1778)
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a …
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. Henry David Thoreau
We must exercise that conscience to which all the members have alluded, …
We must exercise that conscience to which all the members have alluded, and recognize that when the president faced that moment of truth, in countless occasions, each time he swept it away and caused himself the difficulty that he brings to our chamber here today. George Gekas
Rep. George Gekas, R-Pa. AP, Dec 18, 1998
When someone hits you, you hit them back twice as hard and …
When someone hits you, you hit them back twice as hard and they’ll never do it again. Charles Henry Fletcher Riley
June 11, 1975
Man is not the creature of circumstances; circumstances are the creatures of …
Man is not the creature of circumstances; circumstances are the creatures of men. Benjamin Disraeli
British Prime Minister (1874-1880), author, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1804-1881
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. …
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be political. Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan, 1976
Your [professors
Your [professors] have thrived in that bubble [of college], free to spout pet theories without worrying about their practicality. There’s a reason that Marxism, which has never worked anywhere in the world, still has a core following in academia. Tucker Carlson
Reader’s Digest, June 2004
have thrived in that bubble [of college], free to spout … ]