Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2007-02-05 Feb 5, 2007People who live in states have as a rule never experienced the state of nature and vice-versa, and have no practical possibility of moving from the one to the other ... On what grounds, then, do people form hypotheses about the relative merits of state and state of nature? ... My contention here is that preferences for political arrangements of society are to a large extent produced by these very arrangements, so that political institutions are either addictive like some drugs, or allergy-inducing like some others, or both, for they may be one thing for some people and the other for others.~ Anthony de JasayI joined the party because I was a revolutionary, not because of any ideological nonsense.~ Hermann GoeringAnonymous pamphlets, leaflets, brochures and even books have played an important role in the progress of mankind. Persecuted groups and sects from time to time throughout history have been able to criticize the oppressive practices and laws either anonymously or not at all... It is plain that anonymity has sometimes been assumed for the most constructive purposes.~ Justice Hugo L. BlackWe may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.~ Karen Horney Feb 2, 2007Politicians say they're beefing up our economy. Most don't know beef from pork.~ Harold LowmanTrade and commerce, if they were not made of Indian rubber, would never manage to bounce over the obstacles which legislators are continually putting in their way.~ Henry David ThoreauIt is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that economics as such is a challenge to the conceit of those in power. An economist can never be a favorite of autocrats and demagogues. With them he is always the mischief-maker, and the more they are inwardly convinced that his objections are well-founded, the more they hate him.~ Ludwig von Mises Feb 1, 2007Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them.~ Adam SmithIdiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.~ Ambrose BierceThe best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of the purely partisan zeal and effort and a correct appreciation of the time when the heat of the partisan should be merged in the patriotism of the citizen. ... At this hour the animosities of political strife, the bitterness of partisan defeat, and the exultation of partisan triumph should be supplanted by an ungrudging acquiescence in the popular will and a sober, conscientious concern for the general weal. ... Public extravagance begets extravagance among the people.~ Grover Cleveland Jan 31, 2007Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies.~ Dalton CampWhy doesn't the fellow who says "I'm no speechmaker" let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration?~ Kin HubbardThe wisest thing to do with a fool is to encourage him to hire a hall and discourse to his fellow citizens. Nothing chills nonsense like exposure to air.~ Woodrow Wilson Jan 30, 2007Purveyors of political correctness will, in the final analysis, not even allow others their judgments... They celebrate “difference,” but they will not allow people truly to be different -- to think differently, and to say what they think.~ Mark BerleyThe more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary it is that the holder should be somewhat punctilious in his observance of conventionalities generally.~ Samuel ButlerIf you say to people that they, as a matter of fact, can’t protect their conversations, in particular their political conversations, I think you take a long step toward making a transition from a free society to a totalitarian society.~ Whitfield Diffie Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print