So many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create ‘social justice’ is giving them enough power to destroy all justice, all freedom, and all human dignity.
– Thomas Sowell
Category: Quote O’ The Day
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
– Thomas A. Edison
Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened a world.
– Steve Buyer
There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
– Walt Whitman
The Conservative does not despise government. He despises tyranny. This is precisely why the Conservative reveres the Constitution and insists on adherence to it.
– Mark Levin
To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying.
– Richard Henry Lee
Whether you believe you can or not, you’re right.
– Henry Ford
It is once again the time of year where you spend untold hours and treasure to grow about $11.00 worth of tomatoes – anon
It is a basic principle of a tyrant to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.
– Walter Raleigh
The only person who you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday – anonymous
Genius has limits but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
-Alexandre Dumas
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
– Thomas Jefferson
May 1 is a better date for Victims of Communism Day than the available alternatives, such as November 7 (the anniversary of the Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia) and August 23 (the anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet Pact).
-Eugene Volokh
Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy.
– Ludwig von Mises
Market capitalism is the best thing that ever happened to the common man. The rich have always had access to entertainment, often in the comfort of their palaces and mansions. The rich have never had to experience the drudgery of having to beat out carpets, iron their clothing or slave over a hot stove all day in order to have a decent dinner.
They could afford to hire people. Capitalism’s mass production and marketing have made radios and televisions, vacuum cleaners, wash-and-wear clothing and microwave ovens available and well within the means of the common man; thus, sparing him of the boredom and drudgery of the past. Today, the common man has the power to enjoy much (and more) of what only the rich could afford yesteryear.
-Walter Williams
“Violent crime is a solved problem – all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day.”
— L. Neil Smith
“What have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” -Elizabeth Willing Powel
“A republic,…….if you can keep it.” – Benjamin Franklin
No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce.
– Thomas Sowell
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
— H.L. Mencken
When you disarm your subjects, you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of faith, you distrust them; and either conclusion will induce them to hate you.
— Niccolo Machiavelli