We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous... lets see what is on the mind of the Samizdata people.

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

Samizdata slogan of the day

If you can’t see through the absinthe, don’t drink it
-Adriana Cronin

Samizdata slogan of the day

If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.
– Samuel Adams

Samizdata slogan of the day

It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you have just bombed
– Unknown

Samizdata slogan of the day

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender
-Winston Churchill, June 4th 1940

Samizdata slogan of the day

A landlord no longer feels suprised at being compelled to keep a tenant; an employer is no less used to having to raise the wages of his employees in virtue of the decrees of Power. Nowadays it is understood that our subjective rights are precarious and at the good pleasure of authority
– Bertrand de Jouvenel Sovereignty

Samizdata slogan of the day

Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign
– J.S. Mill, On Liberty

Samizdata slogan of the day

Money is better than poverty if only for financial reasons.
– Woody Allen

Samizdata slogan of the day

If somebody starts shooting a gun at me, don’t expect me to defend myself with a condiment.
– Steve Daniels on pepper spray

Note: even pepper spray is illegal in the UK

Samizdata slogan of the day

As the leader of all illegal activities in Casablanca, I am an influential and respected man.
– Senor Ferrari (Sydney Greenstreet) in “Casablanca”

Samizdata slogan of the day

Never believe anything until it has been officially denied
– Claud Cockburn (1904-1981)

Samizdata slogan of the day

Whatever you can provide yourself with to secure protection from men is a natural good
– Epicurus

A tip of the kevlar battlebowler to Dave Tepper

Samizdata slogan of the day

The more free a society the wealthier it becomes. Guns cost money. Wealthy societies can afford lots of guns. Mao was wrong. All political power comes out of a cash register, not the barrel of a gun.
– Perry de Havilland