Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. — Oscar Wilde
Category: Quotations
If Only They Were Fiction!
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. — Frederic Bastiat
Regrets
I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done. — Lucille Ball
A Little Humor
I was diagnosed with antisocial behavior disorder. So I joined a support group. We never meet. –Comic Craig Sharf
What Makes Humans Uniquely Human
Man’s unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself. — Ayn Rand
Let’s Hope So
“The Americans will always do the right thing… after they’ve exhausted all the alternatives.” — Winston Churchill
Brushfires in the Minds of Men
It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. — Samuel Adams
Herman Cain’s Message to Wall Street Haters
Don’t blame Wall Street, don’t blame the big banks. If you don’t have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself! — Herman Cain
If You’re Lost, Maybe This is Why
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why Terrorists Do Not Fear the U.S. (by Andrew Bernstein)
In his forthcoming book, “Capitalist Solutions”, Dr. Andrew Bernstein shows how individual rights and free markets are the only solution to today’s crisis and decline. He also makes some great comments about the cause of terrorism, such as the one … Continue reading
Walking the Talk
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. –Carl Jung
Thomas Paine on the Nature of Denial
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. — Thomas Paine