Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2013-10-16 Oct 16, 2013Being Politically Correct means always having to say you're sorry.~ Charles OsgoodFantastic doctrines (like Christianity or Islam or Marxism) require unanimity of belief. One dissenter casts doubt on the creed of millions. Thus the fear and the hate; thus the torture chamber, the iron stake, the gallows, the labor camp, the psychiatric ward.~ Edward AbbeyThe individual is not accountable to society for his actions, insofar as these concern the interests of no person but himself.~ John Stuart Mill Oct 15, 2013It can not even be said that the State has ever shown any disposition to suppress crime, but only to safeguard its own monopoly of crime.~ Albert Jay NockYou only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power - he's FREE again.~ Aleksandr SolzhenitsynEconomic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power exercised by means of a negative, by the threat of punishment, injury, imprisonment, destruction. The businessman's tool is values; the bureucrat's tool is fear.~ Ayn Rand Oct 14, 2013The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing.~ Albert Jay Nock...above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications, and to watch over their fate. That power is absolute, minute, regular, provident, and mild. It would be like the authority of a parent, if, like that authority, its object was to prepare them for manhood; but it seeks, on the contrary, to keep them in perpetual childhood...~ Alexis de TocquevilleThose who believe themselves to be masters of all they survey are mistaken. There is no such thing as absolute power and the delusion that one is in possession of such power constitutes absolute corruption. This delusion leads, resolutely, to the downfall of its adherents.~ Daniel Pouzzner Oct 11, 2013The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history, mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadow about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power. The worst off-sloughings of the planet are the ingredients of sovereignty. Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy the whores are us.~ P. J. O'RourkeThe marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.~ William E. Borah Oct 10, 2013A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word 'BUT' which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative - before they tell you. Thus: 'I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but...(a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).~ Frank MankiewiczPolitical language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.~ George OrwellPoliticians: Little Tin Gods on Wheels.~ Rudyard Kipling Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print