The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
Hardly anyone has noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere people stir their drinks counterclockwise, whereas the same people stir their drinks clockwise when visiting the Southern Hemisphere. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
“All travel is, after all, a journey in time & in mind… physical landscapes are a mirror of, or perhaps a key into, our… — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
Don't try to talk anyone out of concentrating his hatred on Ayn Rand or any other dead person. It can't harm the dead. Diverted… — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
