Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice. And . . . moderation in the pursuit of Justice is no virtue. — Barry Goldwater
First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me. — Martin Niemoeller, From the Kirchenverwaltung der Evangelischen Kirche in Hessen and Darmstadt
All that is essential for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing — Edmund Burke
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. — Edmund Burke
If we make peaceful revolution impossible, we make violent revolution inevitable — John F. Kennedy
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Force, violence, pressure or compulsion with a view to conformity, are both uncivilized and undemocratic. — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest. — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Noncooperation with evil is as much a duty as cooperation with good. — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding out the true path for ourselves and fearlessly following it. — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest. — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Noncooperation with evil is as much a duty as cooperation with good. — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding out the true path for ourselves and fearlessly following it. — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
The free market is the only mechanism that has ever been discovered for achieving participatory democracy. — Milton Friedman, Introduction to the Fiftieth Anniversary Edition of The Road to Serfdom
To be controlled in our economic pursuits means to be controlled in everything — Friedrich Hayek
In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker. — Frederic Bastiat
The “private sector” of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and…the “public sector” is, in fact, the coercive sector. — Henry Hazlitt
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand. — Milton Friedman
The common man is the sovereign consumer whose buying or abstention from buying ultimately determines what should be produced and in what quantity and quality. — Ludwig von Mises
The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition is so powerful that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations. — Adam Smith
There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers. — Richard Feynman
What is called “orthodox” economics is in most countries barred from the universities and is virtually unknown to the leading statesmen, politicians, and writers. The blame for the unsatisfactory state of economic affairs can certainly not be placed upon a science which both rulers and masses despise and ignore. — Ludwig von Mises, Human Action
I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared. — Thomas Jefferson
To be controlled in our economic pursuits means to be controlled in everything — Friedrich Hayek
In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker. — Frederic Bastiat
The “private sector” of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and…the “public sector” is, in fact, the coercive sector. — Henry Hazlitt
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand. — Milton Friedman
The common man is the sovereign consumer whose buying or abstention from buying ultimately determines what should be produced and in what quantity and quality. — Ludwig von Mises
The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition is so powerful that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations. — Adam Smith
There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers. — Richard Feynman
What is called “orthodox” economics is in most countries barred from the universities and is virtually unknown to the leading statesmen, politicians, and writers. The blame for the unsatisfactory state of economic affairs can certainly not be placed upon a science which both rulers and masses despise and ignore. — Ludwig von Mises, Human Action
I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared. — Thomas Jefferson
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