[S]ocialism can be put into practice only by methods which most socialists
disapprove. -- F. A. Hayek
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Fortune Quote #3110
By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions -- by abandoning
every value except the will to power -- [terrorists] follow in the path of
fascism, and Nazism, and totalitarianism. And they will follow that path
all the way, to where it ends: in history's unmarked grave of discarded
lies. -- George W. Bush; September 20, 2001
every value except the will to power -- [terrorists] follow in the path of
fascism, and Nazism, and totalitarianism. And they will follow that path
all the way, to where it ends: in history's unmarked grave of discarded
lies. -- George W. Bush; September 20, 2001
Friday, January 29, 2021
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Fortune Quote #3108
Where they start by burning books, they'll end by burning people.
-- Heinrich Heine
-- Heinrich Heine
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Fortune Quote #3107
But in the terrible, simplifying clarity of war, it is apparent who is on
one side and who is on the other. In the struggle between civilization and
barbarism, those who throw rocks through McDonald's and those who ram
airplanes into buildings are expending their destructive energies in a
common cause. -- Brink Lindsey, "Against the Dead Hand"
one side and who is on the other. In the struggle between civilization and
barbarism, those who throw rocks through McDonald's and those who ram
airplanes into buildings are expending their destructive energies in a
common cause. -- Brink Lindsey, "Against the Dead Hand"
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Fortune Quote #3106
I will be your President regardless of your faith, and I don't expect you
to agree with me necessarily on religion. As a matter of fact, no
President should ever try to impose religion on our society. --
George W. Bush
to agree with me necessarily on religion. As a matter of fact, no
President should ever try to impose religion on our society. --
George W. Bush
Monday, January 25, 2021
Fortune Quote #3105
You will observe with concern how long a useful truth may be known and
exist, before it is generally received and practiced on. --
Benjamin Franklin
exist, before it is generally received and practiced on. --
Benjamin Franklin
Sunday, January 24, 2021
Fortune Quote #3104
We must not look to government to solve our problems. Government is the
problem. -- Ronald Reagan
problem. -- Ronald Reagan
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Fortune Quote #3103
But just because something is counterintuitive doesn't make it
true. -- Ann Coulter
true. -- Ann Coulter
Friday, January 22, 2021
Fortune Quote #3102
There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split
second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan. -- C.S. Lewis
second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan. -- C.S. Lewis
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Fortune Quote #3100
Any great physical theory gives back more than is put into it, in the
sense that as well as solving the problem that inspired its construction,
it explains more and predicts new things. -- Michael Berry, Bristol
University, about the Dirac equation
sense that as well as solving the problem that inspired its construction,
it explains more and predicts new things. -- Michael Berry, Bristol
University, about the Dirac equation
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Monday, January 18, 2021
Fortune Quote #3098
For want of me the world's course will not fail: When all its work is
done, the lie shall rot; The truth is great, and shall prevail, When none
cares whether it prevail or not. -- Coventry Patmore, "Magna est
Veritas"
done, the lie shall rot; The truth is great, and shall prevail, When none
cares whether it prevail or not. -- Coventry Patmore, "Magna est
Veritas"
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Fortune Quote #3097
The older I get, the more I think that the main driving force in human
affairs is not greed or lust, still less anything positive like charity or
piety: It is wishful thinking. ... A survey of history suggests that all
great civilizations were strongly averse to some aspect of reality; and
that the aversion was, in each case, a contributing factor in
civilizational downfall. -- John Derbyshire
affairs is not greed or lust, still less anything positive like charity or
piety: It is wishful thinking. ... A survey of history suggests that all
great civilizations were strongly averse to some aspect of reality; and
that the aversion was, in each case, a contributing factor in
civilizational downfall. -- John Derbyshire
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Fortune Quote #3096
There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker. --
Linus Van Pelt
Linus Van Pelt
Friday, January 15, 2021
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Fortune Quote #3094
To demand that another culture not undergo change and to do so in the name
of multiculturalism is utterly indefensible. It is to treat the members of
this other culture as if they were children and to condemn them to live in
a kind of cultural wildlife preserve. -- Lee Harris, "Civilization
and its Enemies"
of multiculturalism is utterly indefensible. It is to treat the members of
this other culture as if they were children and to condemn them to live in
a kind of cultural wildlife preserve. -- Lee Harris, "Civilization
and its Enemies"
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Fortune Quote #3093
Yet isn't it racism to regard as "our" values such things as respect for
the individual, due process, freedom of speech and conscience? In what
sense, after all, are they ours? If they are ours because we have adopted
them, and if we have adopted them because they help us to live better lives
as individuals and communities, might they not for the very same reason
become "their" values too? -- Lee Harris, "Civilization and its
Enemies"
the individual, due process, freedom of speech and conscience? In what
sense, after all, are they ours? If they are ours because we have adopted
them, and if we have adopted them because they help us to live better lives
as individuals and communities, might they not for the very same reason
become "their" values too? -- Lee Harris, "Civilization and its
Enemies"
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Fortune Quote #3092
The gods have so ordained it that man gains wisdom only by
suffering. -- Aeschylus
suffering. -- Aeschylus
Monday, January 11, 2021
Fortune Quote #3091
This was the lesson of Socrates. Wisdom begins with a confession that we
are certain about nothing and that every statement we make risks being
found to be wrong at a later date and is subject to revision by us in light
of this finding. -- Lee Harris, "Civilization and its Enemies"
are certain about nothing and that every statement we make risks being
found to be wrong at a later date and is subject to revision by us in light
of this finding. -- Lee Harris, "Civilization and its Enemies"
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Fortune Quote #3090
Those who believe that they have the truth are condemned to live in an
airtight box from which no escape is possible. It is their smug sense of
knowing everything that has trapped them there. -- Lee
Harris, "Civilization and its Enemies"
airtight box from which no escape is possible. It is their smug sense of
knowing everything that has trapped them there. -- Lee
Harris, "Civilization and its Enemies"
Saturday, January 9, 2021
Fortune Quote #3089
To force other cultures to stay permanently in the cake of custom imposed
by the tradition of their ancestors is a perverse way of expressing
appreciation for their humanity. -- Lee Harris, "Civilization and
its Enemies"
by the tradition of their ancestors is a perverse way of expressing
appreciation for their humanity. -- Lee Harris, "Civilization and
its Enemies"
Fortune Quote #3088
"Whenever you find yourself defined by what you hate, it is time to stop
and redefine yourself."
and redefine yourself."
Friday, January 8, 2021
Fortune Quote #3087
The missile shield might or might not stop missiles, but, even unbuilt, it
was an effective tool for gathering intelligence on Russian and Chinese
foreign policy intentions. We knew how things stood when the town drunk
and the town bully strongly suggested that we shouldn't get a new home
security system. -- P.J. O'Rourke
was an effective tool for gathering intelligence on Russian and Chinese
foreign policy intentions. We knew how things stood when the town drunk
and the town bully strongly suggested that we shouldn't get a new home
security system. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Fortune Quote #3086
The east side of midtown Manhattan, where a decent slum once stood, is
blighted by the United Nations headquarters. And, in the mountains of the
Balkan peninsula, the ghost of Woodrow Wilson wanders Marley-like, dragging
his chains and regretting the deeds of his life. -- P.J. O'Rourke
blighted by the United Nations headquarters. And, in the mountains of the
Balkan peninsula, the ghost of Woodrow Wilson wanders Marley-like, dragging
his chains and regretting the deeds of his life. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Fortune Quote #3085
If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. --
George S. Patton
George S. Patton
Fortune Quote #3083
There is this horrible idea, beginning with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and
still going strong in college classrooms, that natural man is naturally
good.... Anybody who's ever met a toddler knows this is nonsense. (Though
Rousseau may not have -- the five children he had by his mistress Therese
Levasseur were sent to orphanages at birth.) -- P.J. O'Rourke
still going strong in college classrooms, that natural man is naturally
good.... Anybody who's ever met a toddler knows this is nonsense. (Though
Rousseau may not have -- the five children he had by his mistress Therese
Levasseur were sent to orphanages at birth.) -- P.J. O'Rourke
Fortune Quote #3082
The greenhouse effect is a complex hypothesis. You can hate George Bush
as much as you like, and the thing won't get simpler. -- P.J.
O'Rourke
as much as you like, and the thing won't get simpler. -- P.J.
O'Rourke
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Fortune Quote #3081
I trust greed and passion and lust, but God! - never politics. --
James Crumley, One to Count Cadence
James Crumley, One to Count Cadence
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Fortune Quote #3080
Sloths move at the speed of congressional debate but with greater
deliberation and less noise. -- P.J. O'Rourke
deliberation and less noise. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Monday, January 4, 2021
Fortune Quote #3079
And biotechnology is a worry. What if they take genetic material from wet
noodles and blowfish and splice it into politician chromosomes and create a
Clinton administration? -- P.J. O'Rourke
noodles and blowfish and splice it into politician chromosomes and create a
Clinton administration? -- P.J. O'Rourke
Sunday, January 3, 2021
Fortune Quote #3078
Even the bad things are better than they used to be. Bad music, for
instance, has gotten much briefer. Wagner's Ring Cycle takes four days to
perform while "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by the Crash Test Dummies lasts little more
than three minutes. -- P.J. O'Rourke
instance, has gotten much briefer. Wagner's Ring Cycle takes four days to
perform while "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by the Crash Test Dummies lasts little more
than three minutes. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Fortune Quote #3077
Fretting about overpopulation is a perfect guilt-free -- indeed,
sanctimonious -- way for "progressives" to be racists. -- P.J.
O'Rourke
sanctimonious -- way for "progressives" to be racists. -- P.J.
O'Rourke
Friday, January 1, 2021
Fortune Quote #3076
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than
people do is a swine. -- P.J. O'Rourke
people do is a swine. -- P.J. O'Rourke
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