Whoever claims that economic competition represents ‘survival of the fittest’ in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics. The truth is that economic competition is the very opposite of competition in the animal kingdom. It is not a competition in the grabbing off of scarce nature-given supplies, as it is in the animal kingdom. Rather, it is a competition in the positive creation of new and additional wealth. George Reisman
Author, philosopher
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. Gloria …
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
Gloria Steinem
There is no basis in law or history for the president of …
There is no basis in law or history for the president of the United States taking away all the person’s constitutional rights. . . . National defense implies not just defense of real estate, but defense of our values, and our most basic value is the rule of law. Judge Andrew Napolitano
Fox News, June 2003
Armaments do not, generally speaking, cause wars. This notion, the logical crux …
Armaments do not, generally speaking, cause wars. This notion, the logical crux of all arguments in favor of disarmament, turns the causal l relationship upside down. Actually, it is wars or conflicts threatening war, that cause armaments, not the reverse. James Burnham
Founding Editor, National Review, 1967
They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do …
They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reasonshe will rap you on the knuckles. Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into …
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of governmental …
The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of governmental power. General Douglas MacArthur
1880-1964
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of …
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us. Justice William O. Douglas
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, …
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States, 1961-1963 (1917-1963)
It is stupid to get into an argument with a fool because …
It is stupid to get into an argument with a fool because people won’ t know the difference. Rush Limbaugh