In this war - as in others - I am less interested in honoring the dead than in preventing the dead. — Butler Shaffer War Copy Share Image
The state has, in order to control us, introduced division into our thinking, so that we come to distrust others and look… — Butler Shaffer Distrust Copy Share Image
“The hubris that attends all political programs of central planning is fueled by an ignorance of the forces of chaos.” — Butler Shaffer Hubris Copy Share Image
“The problem with all of this, as historians advise us, is that the institutionalization of the systems that produce the values upon… — Butler Shaffer Culture Copy Share Image
“The origins of any productive system seem to be traceable to conditions in which the self-interest driven purposes of individuals are allowed… — Butler Shaffer Autonomy Copy Share Image
“As the creators of sophisticated technologies, we have made ourselves increasingly machine-like; robotic servants of institutional systems we have been conditioned to… — Butler Shaffer Copy Share Image
“Western Civilization is in the crisis it is because we have sacrificed more profound values than the immediate and quantifiable consequences we… — Butler Shaffer Culture Copy Share Image
“Modern society is in a state of turbulence brought about, in large part, by political efforts to maintain static, equilibrium conditions; practices… — Butler Shaffer Creative process Copy Share Image
“The belief that order must be intentionally generated and imposed upon society by institutional authorities continues to prevail. This centrally-directed model is… — Butler Shaffer Faith Copy Share Image
