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We vote too much. We deliberate too little. We have brought within the scope of the federal jurisdiction a vast read more
We vote too much. We deliberate too little. We have brought within the scope of the federal jurisdiction a vast number of subjects that do not belong here, but are nevertheless here. What we need to do is to stop passing laws. We have enough laws now to govern the world for the next ten thousand years.
Justice, like liberty and coercion, is a concept which, for the sake of clarity, ought to be confined to the read more
Justice, like liberty and coercion, is a concept which, for the sake of clarity, ought to be confined to the deliberate treatment of men by other men.
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
[expressing John Locke's view]...whenever anyone threatens any other innocent human in a way that makes manifest an ignorance or disregard read more
[expressing John Locke's view]...whenever anyone threatens any other innocent human in a way that makes manifest an ignorance or disregard of the fundamental equality as regards the right to self-preservation, the creature in human shape who acts in this way is to be treated by any and all other rational humans as a wild, clever, and therefore very dangerous animal, to be destroyed (if necessary) in order to safeguard the rest.
The future will be better tomorrow.
The future will be better tomorrow.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. - Inaugural Address.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. - Inaugural Address.
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.
What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying read more
What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.