Believer Quote by John Derbyshire

“In matters editorial, I am a believer in totalitarian despotism. Most writers are lazy, difficult, selfish, thoughtless, and unreliable.” quote by John Derbyshire — Download Open image

“In matters editorial, I am a believer in totalitarian despotism. Most writers are lazy, difficult, selfish, thoughtless, and unreliable.”

John Derbyshire

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“The arts and humanities are not mere entertainment, to be turned to for relaxation after a busy day spent solving differential equations; they are our templates for living, for governing ourselves and our societies. Nor can science offer any help with the knottier problems besetting the human race. It can remedy bad smells, bad pains, and bad roads, but not…

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Biophobia is as much a part of a politician's basic equipment as a sharp suit.

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I never ponder counterfactuals.

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“Ninety percent of paid work is time-wasting crap. The world gets by on the other ten.”

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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 this. We argue, we publish, we lobby, we campaign for conservative candidates. Another thing we do is, when the GOP goes off the rails on really key issues - size of government, the National Question, Wilsonian…

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Education is a vast sea of lies, waste, corruption, crackpot theorizing, and careerist log-rolling.

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“A very civilized thing, glass—almost an index of civilization. When civilization retreats, it leaves behind broken glass.”

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“As a result of these news stories, millions of people must have become aware of "niggardly," who otherwise would never have heard it, let alone thought to use it. If this is right, and the word has a new currency, it is probably not the currency I would wish for. The word's new lease of life is probably among manufacturers…

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