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- Why is history important? Without history, many people have no idea how many of today's half-baked ideas have been tried, again and again - and…
- One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however, are started by…
- If you have a right to respect, that means other people don't have a right to their own opinions.
- Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our public schools could…
- Freedom... refer[s] to a social relationship among people-namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced whenever a decision…
- Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent of the people?"
- Capitalism is not an 'ism.' It is closer to being the opposite of an 'ism,' because it is simply the freedom of ordinary people to…
- People who are very aware that they have more knowledge than the average person are often very unaware that they do not have one-tenth of…
- The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly, and then you give some of it…
- The biggest hypocrites on gun control are those who live in upscale developments with armed security guards - and who want to keep other people…
- The desire to order other people around and make them conform to one own's vision takes many forms.
- You can only confiscate the wealth that exists at a given moment. You cannot confiscate future wealth - and that future wealth is less likely…
- [A]ffirmative action in the United States has made blacks. . .who have largely lifted themselves out of poverty, look like people who owe their rise…
- In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities.
- Weighing benefits against costs is the way most people make decisions - and the way most businesses make decisions, if they want to stay in…
- There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you…
- Too many people in Washington are full of themselves, among other things that they are full of.
- It is truly a triumph of rhetoric over reality when people can believe that going into politics is 'public service,' but that producing food, shelter,…
- A lot of what is called 'public service' consists of making hoops for other people to jump through. It is a great career for those…
- Congressman Frank and Senator Dodd wanted the government to push financial institutions to lend to people they would not lend to otherwise, because of the…
- The poverty rate among black married couples has been in single digits ever since 1994. You would never learn that from most of the media.…
- The vision of the anointed is one in which ills as poverty, irresponsible sex, and crime derive primarily from 'society,' rather than from individual choices…
- In their zeal for particular kinds of decisions to be made, those with the vision of the anointed seldom consider the nature of the:Â process:Â…
- Another way of verbally masking elite preemption of other people's decisions is to use the word 'ask'-as in 'We are just asking everyone to pay…
- Many of the words and phrases used in the media and among academics suggest that things simply:Â happen:Â to people, rather than be being caused…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle