The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it.

The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it.

Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites".

Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites".

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and read more

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined.

Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.

Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.

Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act read more

The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of read more

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural read more

Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The less of one, the more of the others. The degree of freedom that is possible is therefore tied to the extent to which people respond to persuasion or inducement.

Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue read more

Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.