Communists for free expression are like vegetarians for veal.
– Perry de Havilland, at Saturday’s march for free expression in London
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“You will take possession by military force, of the printing establishments of the New York World and Journal of Commerce… and prohibit any further publication thereof… you are therefore commanded forthwith to arrest and imprison… the editors, proprietors and publishers of the aforesaid newspapers” Order from Abraham Lincoln to General John Dix, May 18, 1864. March 26th, 2006 | 56 comments - (Comments are closed)
 “The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage”. This quotation was always attached to emails many of us used to get from Dr. Chris R. Tame, Libertarian Alliance founder, who died earlier this week. I find it a highly appropriate quotation. March 22nd, 2006 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
“If there is a businessman who has gone out of his mind and supports the left, I think he must have a lot of skeletons in his cupboard and a lot of things to ask forgiveness for.” – Silvio Berlusconi quoted in the Financial Times (via Open Europe‘s email list). March 20th, 2006 | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)
“This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.” Clint Eastwood. I wonder what particular country he had in mind. March 19th, 2006 | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)
I am writing this in the wee island of Malta, a country which has one of the largest church attendances per head of any country in the world, from what I understand. (The Maltese have churches with the same frequency as golf courses in Florida). And yet the good-natured folk of this island strike me as taking pretty much the sort of robust attitude to their faith as Sully mentions. (Why are you blogging and not on the beach, Ed?) And interestingly, his point applies just as forcefully to other, non-religious beliefs too. Humour can be a weapon but it is also a shield. March 18th, 2006 | 27 comments - (Comments are closed)
It is the patriotic duty of all of us to skip political commercials. – Craig Newmark, founder of Craig’s List, speaking at SXSW March 16th, 2006 | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)
Don’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events. March 15th, 2006 | 19 comments - (Comments are closed)
Tessa Jowell is the first British minister in recorded history to retire from her family on order to spend more time with her government. March 13th, 2006 | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)
“We have paid dearly for idealizing the state. There is no virtue in denying the law of gravity, and there should be no virtue in denying the limitations of government. Good intentions are no excuse for perpetual failure and growing oppression. The more we glorify government, the more liberties we will lose. Freedom is largely a choice between allowing people to follow their own interests or forcing them to follow the interests of politicians, bureaucrats, politicians and campaign contributors.” James Bovard, “Lost Rights”, cataloguing the destruction of liberties in the USA during the Clinton years. The message applies everywhere and at any time, of course. March 10th, 2006 | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)
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“Government provision in water has overseen millions of deaths through lack of sanitation and unsafe water. Bringing in private sector expertise and investment is needed, both to meet the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, but to actively contribute towards social justice the world over. In the vast majority of cases, where the private sector has been called upon, it has delivered the goods – even in cases decried by critics as ‘failures’.” March 5th, 2006 | 23 comments - (Comments are closed)
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