“We are born free and we will stay free.” Amen, President Trump. Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in back-and-forth discussion with Dr. Hurd … Continue reading
Category: Quotations
Ayn Rand on “The Good”
“For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between those who claimed that your life belongs to God and those who claimed that it belongs to your neighbors—between those who preached that the good is self-sacrifice for the sake of … Continue reading
People Don’t Always Know What They Want (Henry Ford)
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” — Henry Ford Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in … Continue reading
Authority (George Carlin)
“I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don’t have as many people who believe it.” — George Carlin Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and … Continue reading
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” — Carl Sagan Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute … Continue reading
Why Love is Not Control (von Goethe)
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A Wise Man, That Frederick Douglass
Everybody has asked the question, and they learned to ask it early of the abolitionists, ‘What shall we do with the Negro?’ I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has … Continue reading
How Schools Gave Us Today’s “Mob Mentality” (Ayn Rand)
The indoctrination of children with a mob spirit—under the category of “social adjustment”— is conducted openly and explicitly. The supremacy of the pack is drilled, pounded and forced into the student’s mind by every means available to the comprachicos of … Continue reading
George Carlin: There is an “I” in the Things That Matter
“I like people who buck the system. Individualists. I often warn people: ‘Somewhere along the way, someone is going to tell you, ‘There is no “I” in team.’ What you should tell them is, ‘Maybe not. But there is an … Continue reading
Attitude (Walt Whitman)
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in … Continue reading
The Point Totally Lost on Leftists and Collectivists (Ayn Rand)
“Observe, in this context, the intellectual precision of the Founding Fathers: They spoke of the right to the pursuit of happiness–not the right to happiness. It means that a man has a right to take the actions he deems necessary … Continue reading
Warning to America (de Tocqueville)
“Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.” — Alexis de Tocqueville Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended … Continue reading