John McCarthy Quotes

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• Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for… Alas
• Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf. Behalf
• Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information. Even Lack
• Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than… Average
• An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth. Excessive
• We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries. Backward
• When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising. Conviction
• Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats. Amateur
• A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone… Argument
• Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking. Killed
• An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice. Advice
• 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 to… Any
• If I owned Marseilles and Hell, I'd rent out Marseilles and live in Hell. Hell
• It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill… Alone
• My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker. Opinion
• Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure… Absolve
• Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions. Ideological
• 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… Beautiful
• The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement. Act
• The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'. Anyone

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