Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.
– Frédéric Bastiat
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November 3rd, 2002 | Comments are closed
 The Samizdata.net One Year Gathering last night seemed the perfect chance to get the ‘Global Conspiracy’ moving forward again… 
We had everything required for a conspiracy by sinster globalist illuminati:
However it proved hard to keep the conspirators focused on the job at hand
Very hard, in fact
It did not help that there were many distractions
But we did achieve something… we proved that Andrew Dodge not only wears his leather kilt in ‘true Scottish style’, someone has autographed his posterior! November 3rd, 2002 | 11 comments - (Comments are closed)
We updated to a newer release of Movable Type around 1800 GMT today. If you commented on something around that time and it was lost during the shuffle, please accept our apologies! November 2nd, 2002 | Comments are closed
Anyone who has had the misfortune to have seen many examples of Modern ‘Art’ recently can only concur with the British politician who described this year’s Turner Prize exhibits as “bullshit”. Ok, not terribly polite, but a wonderfully lucid and accurate description of what is on display. Can we hope for similarly salty descriptions of the EU as a “crooked empire”, the British education system as a “Soviet disaster zone” from the UK’s political masters? November 2nd, 2002 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder November 2nd, 2002 | One comment - (Comments are closed)
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul November 1st, 2002 | One comment - (Comments are closed)
November 1st, 2002 | One comment - (Comments are closed)
A protester against a possible war against Iraq is urging fellow-minded people to observe a 24-hour period of total silence as a way of registering their views. It is tempting to mock, but this writer cannot help feeling that if 99 percent of so-called peace activists took a Trappist monk-like vow of silence, the rest of us who do think there is a case for ridding the world of Saddam would be grateful. Come on you Ted Ralls, Robert Fisks, Michael Moores – shut your traps. October 30th, 2002 | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)
Sometimes politicians blurt out the pure unvarnished truth even against their devious instincts. I cannot beat this gem from French farm minister Herve Gaymard, who on Tuesday brushed aside British complaints over farm subsidies, saying the Brits only wanted the EU to be a free trade zone. As the saying goes, I do believe he’s got it! October 29th, 2002 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles. October 26th, 2002 | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)
October 22nd, 2002 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. October 21st, 2002 | Comments are closed
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