From the Light:“To me the primary issues that matter in defining libertarianism are coercion vs. freedom, individualism vs. collectivism, and capitalism vs. corporatism. My libertarianism is based on freedom, individualism and capitalism.”
Garry Reed
“I can only speak for myself, but government is not important enough to die opposing. They really don't matter. Instead, ignore them whenever possible; defend yourself when cornered. Withdraw consent and get on with your life, with or without permission.”
Kent McManigal
“Health care reform isn’t about making sure people are healthy. It never was. Like all actions of government, it is a justification for further control and enslavement of a population. It’s about non-productive fat cats living high off the hog at the expense of the politically unconnected working class. It’s about simple ruthless domination. It’s a cynical, insidious power play. If politicians and bureaucrats were truly concerned about people’s well-being (other than their own, of course), they’d resign their posts, find jobs that are actually useful and beneficial, and put government out of business forever.”
Alex R. Knight III
“The United States’ record with regard to “enabling democracy” is also clear. When it has best served the interests of the corporate world order to replace a dictatorship with a formal democracy, the United States has done so. But when it has best suited the interests of corporate power to overthrow a democracy by force, the United States government has not hesitated to do so.”
Kevin Carson
“There is no way that we can create a government that taxes and spends according to some imaginary formula that "maximizes" the "public good." These are merely terms created to hide the fact that the only calculus politicians can call upon is based upon political costs and benefits.”
William L. Anderson
“In a State of Nature, it is true, that a Man of superior Force may beat or rob me; but then it is true, that I am at full Liberty to defend myself, or make Reprisal by Surprize or by Cunning, or by any other way in which I may be superior to him. But in Political Society ... if I attempt to avenge myself, the whole Force of that Society is ready to complete my Ruin.”
Edmund Burke (1757)
“It is a singular tragedy whenever any human being suffers an avoidable death. When that individual is a police officer, we are expected to prostrate ourselves in inconsolable grief. When the deceased is a victim of unwarranted lethal violence by the police, we are instructed to sympathize with the assailant, who has a difficult and dangerous job. Who will mourn the Mundanes?”
William N. Grigg
“Truth is an inconvenience in the consumer society.”
Jim Quinn
“So, no matter what happens, the next time the U.S. government says that some military action overseas is necessary – just say no. Say no to loss of liberties. Say no to senseless destruction of property. Say no to flag-draped coffins. Say no to billions of dollars wasted. Say no to supporting the troops. Say no to the warfare state.”
Laurence Vance
“Statism runs counter to human nature, since it consists of the systematic, monopolistic exercise of a coercion which, in all areas where it is felt (including those corresponding to the definition of law and the maintenance of public order), blocks the creativity and entrepreneurial coordination which are precisely the most typical and essential manifestations of human nature.”
Jesús Huerta de Soto
“Just as war is the health of the state, economic turbulence is the state’s opportunity for self-advancement.”
Charles Goyette
“Personally, I’m not too concerned about what happens when we remove violence and coercion from a given situation. Things resolve themselves, as history demonstrates time and again. Market forces, with their endless choices and innovations, rectify inequities justly and peaceably, when not artificially distorted by governments and their guns, bombs, and other weapons.”
Alex R. Knight III
“What used to be Christmas, and was a joyous celebration of Mithra’s birthday, or the solstice, or something else reasonable, has become the Winter Holidays or, more candidly, the Winter Shopping Season. It no longer has anything to do with Christianity, which has gone flaccid in the suburbs and in the heartland consists of lunatics waiting to be Raptured up to heaven as by a giant godly Hovermatic. You can’t call it Christmas. We must observe the constitutional separation of church and retail.”
Fred Reed
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From the Darkness:“The bottom line is, having the government shut down is not an option.”
Russ Carnahan (D-MO), explaining why Congress raised the debt ceiling.
“We can actually monitor what takes place through satellite imagery and so forth, so I think we are going to have a pretty good idea of what people are doing.”
B. Obama, explaining how countries will be spyed on to monitor their CO2 emissions.
“I think there are a lot of forces that led to the crisis, a whole range of things were relevant there. I don't think that monetary policy was a particularly important source of the crisis.”
Ben Bernanke, absolving himself of blame.
“There were many people who said, ‘Let them fail. It's not a problem. The markets will take care of it.’ And I think I knew better than that.”
Ben Bernanke,
“He [FDR[ simultaneously made government much bigger and much cleaner. Mr. Obama needs to do the same thing.”
Paul Krugman
"They are desperate to break this president. They have ardent supporters who are nearly hysterical at the very election of President Barack Obama. The birthers, the fanatics, the people running around in right-wing militias and Aryan support groups, it is unbearable to them that President Barack Obama should exist. That is one powerful reason. It is not the only one."
Rhode Island Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, describing the opponents of Obamacare.
"In the long run we can't continue to spend as if deficits don't have consequences, as if waste doesn't matter, as if the hard earned tax dollars of the American people can be treated like monopoly money, that's what we've seen time and time again, Washington has become more concerned about the next election than the next generation."
B. Obama, The Great Pretender.
"There is a strong case not only here in California but across the country for continued federal aid to the states. Absent additional assistance we could see state governments prolonging the national economic downturn by continuing to cut their budgets."
Jean Ross, executive director of the California Budget Project
“No, but I’ll refer you to the legal counsel for the Senate and they’re the ones that lead there as the full legal basis for the individual mandate — and I assume it’s in the Commerce clause.”
Senator Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), when asked where in the Constitution does Congress get the authority to mandate that individuals get health insurance.
“Well, as we have with so many other countries— obviously, we have troops in a limited number of countries around the world; some have been there for 50, 60 years, but we have long-term economic assistance and development programs in many others. And we think that’s a likely outcome in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, that we would be there with a long-term commitment."
Queen Hillary
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