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 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

Samizdata slogan of the day

We believe in God and the Mauser
– Boer saying circa 1895

Samizdata slogan of the day

Money can’t buy you friends, but it can buy you a better class of enemy
– Spike Milligan

Samizdata quote of the day

The tasks of the party are … to be cautious and not allow our country to be drawn into conflicts by warmongers who are accustomed to have others pull the chestnuts out of the fire for them.”
-J V Stalin.

[It was said at his speech to the 8th Congress of the Communist Party on 6 Jan 1941, some six months before the Germans invaded.]

Samizdata slogan of the day

Typically, one attacks beliefs as ‘simple’ when it isn’t feasible to attack them as ‘wrong’.
– Glenn Reynolds

Samizdata slogan of the day

The Sex Pistols are as English as the Malvern Hills
-Patrick Crozier

Samizdata slogan of the day

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
– Lord Acton

Samizdata slogan of the day

The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage
– Thucydides, Pericles’ funeral oration