Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2008-12-02 Dec 2, 2008Perhaps the most obvious political effect of controlled news is the advantage it gives powerful people in getting their issues on the political agenda and defining those issues in ways likely to influence their resolution.~ W. Lance BennettThe smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.~ Noam ChomskyNo one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.~ Salvador de Madariaga Dec 1, 2008The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.~ Frederic BastiatWe shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.~ Friedrich August von HayekThe most odious of all oppressions are those which mask as justice.~ Justice Robert H. Jackson Nov 28, 2008All government, in its essence, is organized exploitation, and in virtually all of its existing forms it is the implacable enemy of every industrious and well-disposed man.~ H. L. MenckenWe can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.~ Justice Louis D. BrandeisGovernment's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.~ Ronald Reagan Nov 27, 2008If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.~ P. J. O'RourkeThe principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics it becomes necessarily the supreme rule.~ Friedrich August von HayekReaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer.~ Norman Mailer Nov 26, 2008Fascism recognises the real needs which gave rise to socialism and trade-unionism, giving them due weight in the guild or corporative system in which diverent interests are coordinated and harmonised in the unity of the State.~ Benito MussoliniState intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved. This intervention may take the form of control, assistance or direct management.~ Benito MussoliniThe Fascist State lays claim to rule in the economic field no less than in others; it makes its action felt throughout the length and breadth of the country by means of its corporate, social, and educational institutions, and all the political, economic, and spiritual forces of the nation, organised in their respective associations, circulate within the State.~ Benito Mussolini Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print