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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

Great Moments in Capitalist History: on this day in 1964 the world’s largest cheese (34,591 lbs) was manufactured in Wisconsin

Samizdata slogan of the day

Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.
– P. J. O’Rourke

Samizdata slogan of the day

Here’s something to ponder: just as there are boobs on the far-left, there are also boobs on the far-right. You know, they do come in pairs.
– unknown

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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
– John Lehman, former US Secretary of the Navy

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The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with
– Marty Feldman

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Intellectual freedom cannot exist without political freedom; political freedom cannot exist without economic freedom; a free mind and a free market are corollaries.
– Ayn Rand

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The whole principle is wrong; it’s like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can’t eat steak.
– Robert A. Heinlein on censorship

Samizdata quote of the day

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right

– Winston S. Churchill

Samizdata quote of the day

I must point out that my rule of life prescribes as an absolute sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after, and if need be, during all meals and in the intervals between them

– Winston S. Churchill, on the occasion of lunch with Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia

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In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered

– Winston S. Churchill

Happy birthday to Edmund Burke

“Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing on others, he has a right to do for himself… all men have equal rights; but not to equal things.”

Edmund Burke was born 273 years ago today.

Samizdata quote of the day

What’s the difference between pornography and art? A government grant

– Unknown