|
|||||
|
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 January 14th, 2002 | Comments are closed
 In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered – Winston S. Churchill January 13th, 2002 | Comments are closed
“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. January 12th, 2002 | Comments are closed
January 12th, 2002 | Comments are closed
Thought for late Friday afternoon, prompted by the need for tax competition: “You cannot run a socialist experiment when there’s an escape hatch”. Tom Burroughes January 11th, 2002 | Comments are closed
President Bush announced today that they have stopped a terrorist organization that has taken millions and millions away from the American people. Yes! The IRS is finished! – Jay Leno January 11th, 2002 | Comments are closed
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. – Lord Acton January 10th, 2002 | Comments are closed
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously – Hubert Humphrey Noam Chomsky, please take note, January 9th, 2002 | Comments are closed
…the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. – “On Liberty” by John Stuart Mill January 8th, 2002 | Comments are closed
I hope that if evil days should come upon our own country, and the last army which a collapsing Empire could interpose between London and the invader were dissolving in rout and ruin, that there would be some, even in these modern days, who would not care to accustom themselves to a new order of things and tamely survive the disaster – Winston Churchill January 6th, 2002 | Comments are closed
When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities. -From “Life In Hell” by Matt Groening January 4th, 2002 | Comments are closed
Be at war with your vices; at peace with your neighbors, and let every New Year find you a better man – Benjamin Franklin January 3rd, 2002 | Comments are closed
|
   |
||||
All content on this website (including text, photographs, audio files, and any other original works), unless otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons License. |
|||||