The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog.
– G. K. Chesterton
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August 30th, 2002 | Comments are closed
 They preach that if you see a man flogging a woman to death you must not hit him. August 29th, 2002 | Comments are closed
August 28th, 2002 | Comments are closed
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. August 27th, 2002 | Comments are closed
August 26th, 2002 | One comment - (Comments are closed)
On this day in 1814, following the defeat of US Army and Marines defending the capital at Bladensburg, the British military occupied Washington DC, burning most major government buildings. Perhaps it is time for a really realistic historical re-enactment, starting with 1111 Constitution Avenue, with US taxpayers wearing the Red Coats this time… August 24th, 2002 | Comments are closed
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. August 24th, 2002 | Comments are closed
August 23rd, 2002 | Comments are closed
Human society is probably “sustainable” only in a very low-tech mode, or a very high-tech mode. Anything in between is necessarily transitional, in one direction or the other. We must either move forward, or die in large numbers, and face miserable stagnation afterward. Personally, I’m against the latter. August 22nd, 2002 | Comments are closed
What kind of world is it when, in sheer self-defence, you have to Fisk your own newspaper articles? August 20th, 2002 | Comments are closed
You don’t need a government to tell you when you’ve gone too far. There’s no greater deterrent for a comedian than stone silence. August 18th, 2002 | Comments are closed
…was that a large proportion of the Samizdata Team were distracted by Antoine Clarke’s birthday party in London! 
Antoine blows his cork!
Adriana and Brian look on as David Carr August 17th, 2002 | Comments are closed
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