Ultimately, however, as the Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter pointed out, a powerful bureaucratic class is in the same relation to commerce as was the scorpion in Aesop to the dog on whose back he crossed the river. They will destroy… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
Conservatism is pessimistic, with a negative tendency - which we mostly resist - towards despair. Liberals are optimists, with a negative tendency, rarely resisted,… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
Nonmathematical people sometimes ask me, “You know math, huh? Tell me something I’ve always wondered, What is infinity divided by infinity?” I can only reply, “The words you just uttered do not make sense. That was not a mathematical sentence. You spoke of ‘infinity’ as if it were a number. It’s not. You may as well ask, 'What is truth… — John Derbyshire Copy Share
“The arts and humanities are not mere entertainment, to be turned to for relaxation after a busy day spent solving differential equations; they are… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
Biophobia is as much a part of a politician's basic equipment as a sharp suit. — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
In matters editorial, I am a believer in totalitarian despotism. Most writers are lazy, difficult, selfish, thoughtless, and unreliable. — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
“Ninety percent of paid work is time-wasting crap. The world gets by on the other ten.” — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
The job of conservatives is to keep the Republican Party driving on the right-hand side of the road. There are many ways we do… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
Education is a vast sea of lies, waste, corruption, crackpot theorizing, and careerist log-rolling. — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
“A very civilized thing, glass—almost an index of civilization. When civilization retreats, it leaves behind broken glass.” — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
