Men of superior vivacity and wit, when they take a wrong turn, are generally worse than other men: because wit, consisting in… — Jeremiah Seed Copy Share Image
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But the instinct of hoarding, like all other instincts, tends to become hypertrophied and perverted; and with the institution of private property… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
A man has a very insecure tenure of a property which another can carry away with his eyes. A few months reduced… — Samuel Crompton Copy Share Image
The greatest intensification of the horrors of war is a direct result of the democratisation of the State. So long as the… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
But it isn't only the terror everywhere, and the fear of being conscious of it, that freezes people. It's more than that.… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as he spends his own. Nobody uses somebody else's resources as carefully as he uses… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
If we as a society want to cure unemployment, raise real wages, and in other ways improve our economy, we will base… — Walter Block Copy Share Image
It is difficult for me to imagine what “personal liberty” is enjoyed by an unemployed hungry person. True freedom can only be… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
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In studying language we can discover many basic properties of this cognitive structure, its organization, and also the genetic predispositions that provide… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
For the elements have the property of moving back to their place in a straight line, but they have no properties which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was pretty young when I bought my first place, and at that time didn't really view it as an investment. After… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
The error of the ignorant goes so far as to say that God's power is insufficient, because he has given to this… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Two thirds of federal disaster aid is weather related,and though we cannot prevent bad weather, we are getting better at predicting it.… — William M. Daley Copy Share Image
The suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes. These covering our land with… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
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'They straightway left their nets and followed Him' (Mt. 4:20). The Apostles did not grudge leaving their nets for the Lord's sake,… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The question whether atoms exist or not... belongs rather to metaphysics. In chemistry we have only to decide whether the assumption of… — August Kekule Copy Share Image
Government is necessary, but the only rights we can delegate to government are the ones we possess. For example, we all have… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The meaning of a work is not what the author had in mind at some point, nor is it simply a property… — Jonathan Culler Copy Share Image
You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
[T]he crucial question is not, as so many believe, whether property rights should be private or governmental, but rather whether the necessarily… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
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I believe that God has endowed men with certain inalienable rights as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and that no… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
In my opinion the separation of the c- and ac-stars is the most important advancement in stellar classification since the trials by… — Ejnar Hertzsprung Copy Share Image
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Your constitution guarantees to every citizen, even the humblest, the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property. It promises to all, religious freedom,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
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Let us then repeat and firmly fix this main point: the evil, the root evil, of that to which the term Capitalism… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
A State, in idea, is the opposite of a Church. A State regards classes, and not individuals; and it estimates classes, not… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
During World War II, Joseph Stalin was once asked by an American writer, according to Professor Dean Russell, how he could justify… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
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