‘The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-front for the urge to rule it.’ —H. L. Mencken
Beware of Your Rulers
Category: Quotations
Note to Do-Gooders
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. — John D. Rockefeller
Sometimes the Obvious is True
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves. –former U.S. … Continue reading
James Madison on the Entitlement State
By rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the other, vice and servility, or hatred and revolt. — James Madison In 2012 terms: By forcing the productive … Continue reading
Who Lucy Loves
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. — Lucille Ball
Hatred Does Not Bring Prosperity
The whole gospel of Karl Marx can be summed up in a single sentence: Hate the man who is better off than you are. Never under any circumstances admit that his success may be due to his own efforts, to … Continue reading
Aristotle on Private Property
What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others. — Aristotle In other words: Private property is better than public … Continue reading
What’s A Few Trillion of Other People’s Money Between Friends?
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. — Everett Dirksen, prominent member of Congress in the 1950s and 1960s Contemporary government is like the Mafia — only less honest. The Mafia has no … Continue reading
President John Adams Comments on America 2012
Corruption, like a cancer ‘ eats faster and faster every hour. The revenue creates pensioners, and the pensioners urge for more revenue. The people grow less steady, spirited, and virtuous, the seekers more numerous and more corrupt, and every day … Continue reading
Seeing Down the Road
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. — Benjamin Franklin
“Without Being Afraid of Being Right!”
The following passage is from “The American Crusade II: The Age of Democracy,” published in the 1920s (by Edwin Markham). The passage describes Billy Florida, a fictional character from the World War I era. I’m quoting it here because it describes … Continue reading
Free Yourself
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. — Mark Caine