Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2020-04-29 Apr 29, 2020To say "I have to" is to speak the language of compulsion, duty, authority -- the language of injunctions imposed on us from without. Objectivism is not a duty ethic, but an ethic of values, the ultimate value being one's own life and happiness. The language of values is "I want" and "I will": I want this, and I will do what it takes to get it.~ David KelleyIt is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts.~ H. L. MenckenRules are written for those who lack the ability to truly reason. But for those who can, rules become nothing more than guidelines, and live their lives governed not by rules but by reason.~ James McGuigan Apr 28, 2020There is no Freedom without Courage.~ Eric SchaubIf the people will lead, eventually the leaders will follow.~ Florence RobinsonEvery actual state is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Apr 27, 2020Last, but by no means least, courage -- moral courage, the courage of one’s convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle -- the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other.~ General Douglas MacArthurIt is not the benevolence of the butcher, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.~ Adam SmithGive a man secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years lease of a garden and he will turn it into a desert.~ Arthur Young Apr 24, 2020He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice.~ Albert EinsteinA golden bit does not make a better horse.~ Lucius Annaeus SenecaWhen buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.~ P. J. O'Rourke Apr 23, 2020They define a republic to be a government of laws, and not of men.~ John AdamsThe danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.~ Lord ActonA constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.~ Thomas Paine Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print