When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into — matrimony. George Farquhar
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[L]ike everyplace else, talent went were the money was.
Tom Clancy
The Bear and the Dragon, 2000
I made a speech by that title [A Time for Choosing
I made a speech by that title [A Time for Choosing] in 1964. I said, ‘WeOve been told increasingly that we must choose between left or right.’ But weOre still using those terms – left or right. And IOll repeat what I said then in O64. OThere is no left or right. ThereOs only an up or downO: up to the ultimate in individual freedom, consistent with an orderly society – or down to the totalitarianism of the ant heap. And those today who, however good their intentions, tell us that we should trade freedom for security are on that downward path. Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan, Mar 20, 1981
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There are many farm handouts; but let’s call them what they …
There are many farm handouts; but let’s call them what they really are: a form of legalized theft. Essentially, a congressman tells his farm constituency, ‘Vote for me. I’ll use my office to take another American’s money and give it to you.’ Dr. Walter E. Williams
economist and syndicated columnist
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat …
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British statesman and Prime Minister (1940-1945; 1951-1955) 1874-1965
Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do …
Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Mark Twain
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910) (Investor’s Business Daily, January 22, 1999)
If the efficient market theory is correct, there is no possibility, except …
If the efficient market theory is correct, there is no possibility, except a random chance, that any person or group could outperform the market, and certainly no chance that the same person or group could consistently do so. Warren Buffett
A modest man, who has much to be modest about. Winston Churchill …
A modest man, who has much to be modest about.
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British statesman and Prime Minister (1940-1945; 1951-1955) 1874-1965 On Clement Atlee
I am of the opinion that race is a myth, invented by …
I am of the opinion that race is a myth, invented by Europeans in the 15th century, and the policies of government mandated affirmative action today are not only ineffective, they are again immoral. Culture is real, individuals are no myth, racism (and poverty, war, hunger, violence – even guns, or stupidity, value, or choice) cannot ever be eliminated by government, but especially not by racial preference. Richard Boddie
Bucknell University, class of 1961, self-described ‘black man’, Bucknell World, May 2003
People who have a financial stake in the country are a little …
People who have a financial stake in the country are a little more careful in the way they vote. President Gerald Ford
Commenting on the fact that many Baby Boomers have their retirement nest eggs in mutual funds, in Barron’s August 18, 1997