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Technology and Hearts
We often use technology to save time, but increasingly, it either takes the saved time along with it, or makes the saved time less present, intimate and rich. I worry that the closer the world gets to our fingertips, the further it gets from our hearts. -- ...
Value of Attention
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. -- Simone Weil
No Virtue in Government Charity
There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to ...
Terror Trumping Liberty
19 terrorists in 6 weeks have been able to command 300 million North Americans to do away with the entirety of their civil liberties that took 700 years to advance from the Magna Carta onward. The terrorists have already won the political and ideological war ...
Necessity
Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. -- William Pitt
Too Much of Good Things
Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice. -- Lin Yutang
Right and Influence
Being right means nothing if you have no influence. -- Corie Whalen
American Freedom
As an American I believe that our country is the greatest country on earth because we believe in freedom for all people regardless of their religious beliefs. However, do not be fooled into thinking that other nations are not actively planning to destroy our ...
Liberty and the Masses
The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, ...
Denmark and Welfare: Lesson Learned
“In the past, people never asked for help unless they needed it. My grandmother was offered a pension and she was offended. She did not need it. But now people do not have that mentality. They think of these benefits as their rights. The rights have just ...
The Worst Tyranny
There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. -- Robert Heinlein
The Rain
The rain ... falls upon the just and the unjust alike; a thing which would not happen if I were superintending the rain's affairs. No, I would rain softly and sweetly on the just, but if I caught a sample of the unjust outdoors I would drown him. -- Mark ...
Capitalism's Virtue
Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering, and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man. -- Walter E. Williams
What to Fear
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. -- Bertolt Brecht
What Should not be Heard
What should not be heard by little ears should not be said by big mouths! -- Unknown
Rational Policy-Making
My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police. -- ...
Appearance
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. -- Sun Tzu
Changing the World
You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. -- Jessica Mitford
Getting Things Done
“If you want something said, ask a man...if you want something done, ask a woman.” -- Margaret Thatcher
Knowledge vs. Application
Today, because knowledge is available on every Internet-connected device, what you know matters far less than what you can do with what you know. The capacity to innovate - the ability to solve problems creatively or bring new possibilities to life - and skills ...
True Revolutionaries
True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on their suits, and infiltrate the system from within. -- Saul Alinsky
The Political Principle
From a political point of view, there is but one principle, the sovereignty of man over himself. This sovereignty of myself over myself is called Liberty. -- Victor Hugo
Being Hated or Loved
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. -- Andrea Gide
Respecting the Law
The safest way to make laws respected is to make them respectable. When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law. -- Frederic Bastiat
Work vs. Theft
There are two fundamentally opposed means whereby man, requiring sustenance, is impelled to obtain the necessary means for satisfying his desires. These are work and robbery, one’s own labor and the forcible appropriation of the labor of others. -- Franz ...