Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. –Ayn Rand
Category: Quotations
James Madison on Why Government Must be Limited
What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. — James … Continue reading
Repeating
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. — Andre Gide
How to Talk to a Socialist
The bum to the rich doctor: “You think Jesus loves you more just because you’ve got money?” The rich doctor to the bum: “No. Do you think Jesus loves you more because you don’t? If you want to believe there’s … Continue reading
The Smallest Minority of All
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. — Ayn Rand, author of “Atlas Shrugged”
You Are What You Think
“Why is he acting this way?” “Why does she do that?” Most people, I find, ask these questions all the time. Therapists get asked this question a lot. My answer is always the same: “He has his reasons.” People do … Continue reading
Churchill Wasn’t an Obama Democrat
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. — Winston Churchill
Wisdom to Consider in an Era of Insanity
Recently sent to me by a reader; I cannot establish the author, but it’s wonderful: These are possibly the 5 best sentences you’ll ever read: 1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. … Continue reading
Entrepreneurs: Remember Those?
‘A company is stronger if it is bound by love rather than by fear.’ “If you’re wrong, you slit your own throat.” “… Positions and titles signify absolutely nothing. They’re just adornments; they don’t represent the substance of anybody.” “Think … Continue reading
Wisdom We Could Use Today
Though the people support the government, the government should not support the people. — former U.S. President Grover Cleveland
What Americans Forgot, And Why They Lost It
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. — Benjamin Franklin
Control Freaks Take Note
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves. — Carl Jung