Capitalism will always win out in the long run. The job of the libertarian is to make the long run as short as possible.
– Perry de Havilland, said at a ‘Brian’s Friday’ event
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Christopher Hitchens is in typically ebullient form on The Nation as he writes The Ends of War, in which he makes a remark that I suspect is destined to became a classic quote:
Outstanding. Just for good measure, he yet again carves up Noam Chomsky in his Parthian shot. In a battle of wits, nauseating Noam is unarmed. This whole article is well worth a read. I am only just starting to get used to the idea of not reflexively thinking of Christopher Hitchens as the enemy. December 6th, 2001 | Comments are closed
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. – Robert A. Heinlein December 5th, 2001 | Comments are closed
Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness Positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher. December 4th, 2001 | Comments are closed
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When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle – Edmund Burke December 1st, 2001 | Comments are closed
I just felt like posting this short piece from the inimitable P. J. O’Rourke that he wrote a few years ago.
Quite so. November 30th, 2001 | Comments are closed
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