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. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. James Madison
(1751-1836)
We have progressively abandoned that freedom in economic affairs without which personal …
We have progressively abandoned that freedom in economic affairs without which personal and political freedom has never existed in the past. F. A. Hayek
The Road to Serfdom (1944), Nobel Prize Winner (1899-1992)
The hallmark of authoritarian systems is the creation of innumerable, indecipherable laws. …
The hallmark of authoritarian systems is the creation of innumerable, indecipherable laws. Such systems make everyone an un-indicted felon and allow for the exercise of arbitrary government power via selective prosecution. Ayn Rand
To assume that [climate change
To assume that [climate change] is a problem is to assume that the state of earth’s climate today is the optimal climate, the best climate that we could have or ever have had and that we need to take steps to make sure that it doesn’t change. Dr. Michael Griffin
NASA Administrator , May 30, 2007 interview
is a problem is to assume that … ]
The predictable result has been more deaths on the road. It makes …
The predictable result has been more deaths on the road. It makes sense. Smaller cars sustain more damage in wrecks than bigger ones do. The Competitive Enterprise Institute found between 2,600 and 4,500 traffic deaths a year can be attributed to the CAFE [fuel economy] standards. If the standard for cars is pushed to 40 miles per gallon, the death toll could jump to 5,700 a year. Investor’s Business Daily
June 26, 2001
Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of …
Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Poet and writer
The attorney general needs to follow the Constitution, whether the Congress authorizes …
The attorney general needs to follow the Constitution, whether the Congress authorizes him to or not. And then we will have the rule of law, and civil liberties upheld, and security as well. . . . The bottom line is the government needs to preserve civil liberty. That’s why we have this country. Judge Andrew Napolitano
Fox News, summer 2003
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of …
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. William Hazlitt
Political Essays (1819). ‘The Times’ Newspaper (1778-1830)
Of course they have no credibility. If they had any, they certainly …
Of course they have no credibility. If they had any, they certainly lost it in 1991. I don’t see that they have acquired any credibility. We attribute absolutely no credibility. Hans Blix
Sunday, Feb 23, 2003, Time magazine online edition.
There is little good in filling churches with people who go out …
There is little good in filling churches with people who go out exactly the same as they came in; the call of the Church is not to fill churches but to fill heaven. Fr. Andrew
SDC “The Way of Victory”