“The person in peak-experiences feels himself, more than other times, to be the responsible, active, creating center of his activities and of his perceptions. He feels more like a prime-mover, more self-determined (rather than caused, determined, helpless, dependent, passive, weak, … Continue reading →

“Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its … Continue reading →

Immature love says: “I love you because I need you.” Mature love says “I need you because I love you.” — Erich Fromm   Be sure to “friend” Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get … Continue reading →

From Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged: Have you ever looked for the root of production? Take a look at an electric generator and dare tell yourself that it was created by the muscular effort of unthinking brutes. Try to grow a … Continue reading →

[U]nderlying the gun control struggle is a fundamental division in our nation. The intensity of passion on this issue suggests to me that we are experiencing a sort of low-grade war going on between two alternative views of what America … Continue reading →

The following is from Dr. Andrew Bernstein’s book “The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire.” “More fundamentally, entrepreneurs and officials of a coercive regime have opposing interests. The entrepreneur gains by upsetting the status quo — … Continue reading →

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. — Mark Twain   Be sure to “friend” 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 … Continue reading →

‘Dagny, how did you do it? How did you manage to remain unmangled?’ ‘By holding to just one rule.’ ‘Which?’ ‘To place nothing—nothing—above the verdict of my own mind.’ ‘You’ve taken some terrible beatings … maybe worse than I did … Continue reading →

Abracadabra, thus we learn The more you create, the less you earn. The less you earn, the more you’re given, The less you lead, the more you’re driven, The more destroyed, the more they feed The more you pay, the … Continue reading →

One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead. — Oscar Wilde   Be sure to “friend” Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and … Continue reading →

Quotes of economist Henry Hazlitt, author of “Economics in One Lesson” and much else. The ‘private sector’ of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and the ‘public sector’ is, in fact, the coercive sector. The ideas which now … Continue reading →

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the … Continue reading →