Taxation must not take from individuals what rightfully belongs to individuals. Henry George
1891
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Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’. Yoda “The Empire Strikes …
Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’.
Yoda
“The Empire Strikes Back”
I find it very frustrating that the university advocates diversity, yet, in …
I find it very frustrating that the university advocates diversity, yet, in areas where the university should show that diversity — that is, the area of ideas — there’s so little of it. Yi-Fu Tuan
Professor of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Treat the earth well,It was not given to you by your …
Treat the earth well,It was not given to you by your parents,It was loaned to you by your children. Indian Proverb
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
his reward. This is the code of existence whose tool and symbol …
his reward. This is the code of existence whose tool and symbol is money. Is this what you consider evil? “”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 à the men who seek to replace the mind by seizing the products of the mind. “”Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants; money will not give him a code of values
The President [Carter
The President [Carter] had ordered there be no hard liquor in the White House. And now we find some of the White House has been smoking pot. This is the first administration we can honestly say is high and dry. Ronald Reagan
Topeka, Kansas, October 29, 1980
had ordered there be no hard liquor in the … ]
Friends or relatives are the most likely killers. This myth is usually …
Friends or relatives are the most likely killers. This myth is usually based on two claims: that 53% of murder victims are killed by either relatives or acquaintances and that anyone could be a murderer. … What’s not made clear is that acquaintance murder primarily includes drug buyers killing pushers, cabdrivers killed by first-time customers, game members killing other gang members, prostitutes kill by their clients, and so on.
Wall Street Journal, November 11, 1998
We have confused the free with the free and easy. Adlai Stevenson …
We have confused the free with the free and easy.
Adlai Stevenson
Without philosophy we should be little above animals. Voltaire (1694-1778)…
Without philosophy we should be little above animals.
Voltaire
(1694-1778)