Censorship under whatever guise or excuse is the ultimate of evils because no other evil can survive without it. It is thus found to be advocated only by fools and those of evil intent.
– Dale Amon
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. – Herbert Spencer November 26th, 2001 | Comments are closed
 Unintended consequence is reality’s most profound joke on us all (but particularly on Marx, something Groucho understood but Karl never did) – Perry de Havilland, said at a Brian’s Friday gathering November 25th, 2001 | Comments are closed
John F. Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” – Samizdata Illuminatus November 24th, 2001 | Comments are closed
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. – Benjamin Franklin, 1759 November 23rd, 2001 | Comments are closed
You are not a libertarian unless you accept as axiomatic that, at its core, society must allow individuals to make their own choices in the pursuit of self-defined ends – Perry de Havilland, said at a ‘Brian’s Friday’ event November 22nd, 2001 | Comments are closed
Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. – Winston Churchill November 21st, 2001 | Comments are closed
Beyond its entertainment value, Baywatch has enriched and, in many cases, helped save lives. I’m looking forward to the opportunity to continue with a project which has has such a significance for so many. – David Hasselhoff, Actor November 20th, 2001 | Comments are closed
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. – Ayn Rand in “The Fountainhead” (1943) November 20th, 2001 | Comments are closed
… so long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men. – Voltarine de Cleyre November 19th, 2001 | Comments are closed
November 15th, 2001 | Comments are closed
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. -William Pitt (1783) Sadly we don’t hear British prime ministers echoing those sentiments these days November 14th, 2001 | Comments are closed
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