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Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]

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If money does not matter to you, you do not have much imagination
– Tania Emery

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A little anti-fascist sentiment brought to you by Samizdata.net

Sic semper tyrannis

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“I hate Uncle Sam – I’m so over older men.”
– Jack (Sean Hayes) in Will and Grace, discussing his income tax situation.

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“…it rests on the assumption that your kids belong to the state. If we buy that assumption then it is for the state — not for parents, the community, the religious institutions or teachers — to decide who shall have what values and who shall do what work, when, where and how in our society. That assumption isn’t a new one. The Nazis thought it was a great idea.”
– Ronald Reagan in Human Events, February 1979

(Quote via Nolo Consentire)

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Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong
– W. S. Churchill

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Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves
– W. S. Churchill

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It is certainly true that modern civilization has created environmental problems, but the key enviromental issue is addressed in this one question. Is our technology’s ability to solve environmental problems advancing faster than are the environmental problems themselves?
Michael Jennings

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You may find me one day dead in a ditch somewhere. But by God, you’ll find me in a pile of brass.
– Trooper M. Padgett

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We are not going to put our players in a situation where they have to shake hands with the president of Zimbabwe.
Tim Lamb – chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)

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Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.
– Winston Churchill

Another quote for today

“You teach people that it’s wrong to care. You tell them that the right course of action is to “not get involved”. When they see a crime being committed, then if they try to stop it they may end up in prison, but there’s no punishment for looking the other direction and not seeing. And thus fewer people will get involved.”

– Steven Den Beste writing on what happens when you punish people for killing robbers. Emphasis added by me.

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I quit about ten years ago. I was getting sick of it and Hillary was going to finance her health plan with taxes on cigs. I went cold turkey and being mad at Hillary helped me over the rough spots. Maybe you could think of all your money that will NOT be going to the government.
– Commenter ‘Spacer’ on how to motivate a libertarian to give up smoking