In politics we face the choice between warmongering, nation-state loving, big-business agents on one hand; and risk-blind, top-down, epistemic arrogant big servants… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
If libertarianism were easy to explain, and it weren't easy to exaggerate the effects of libertarianism, I think it would have been… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Biophobia is as much a part of a politician's basic equipment as a sharp suit. — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
A sort of angry populism here in the UK and across Europe, a sort of anti-political mood and what then steps into… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
It would be nice to spend billions on schools and roads, but right now that money is desperately needed for political ads. — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
The typical citizen drops down to a lower level of mental performance as soon as he enters the political field. He argues… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
In daily life, reality gives us material incentives to restrain our irrationality. But what incentive do we have to think rationally about… — Bryan Caplan Copy Share Image
The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them. — Gustave Le Bon Copy Share Image
Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Political action involves mental vulgarity, not merely because it entails the occurrence and support of those who are mentally vulgar, but because… — Michael Joseph Oakeshott Copy Share Image
Continuing to believe the same thing, even in the face of new evidence to the contrary, is the definition of insanity -… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
It’s a revolution. But it’s the sort of revolution that no one will notice. It might get a little shadier. Buildings might… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
Politics, as any observer of the modern world knows, is the enemy of economics, everywhere and always. — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest… — Boyd Rice Copy Share Image
I think the Republican party should be placed in drydock and have the barnacles scraped off its bottom. — Tallulah Bankhead Copy Share Image
