Quotes of the Week

Enlightened insights taken from the past week’s reading:

"Western civilization, at least since about Shakespeare’s time, has rested on this notion of the individual as sacrosanct—as against the collective, the group, or the mob. When people have given into the tribal instinct in the past and seen individuals only as symbols of a group or a class, it has resulted in atrocity. We should not think that this cannot happen again. Remember what Douglas Murray said in The Strange Death of Europe: 'Everything you love, even the greatest and most cultured civilizations in history, can be swept away by people who are unworthy of them.' And make no mistake, those who are currently stoking the mob’s worst instincts—at this point with naked hatred—are unworthy of Western civilization. They would do well to remember that there are many of us who still believe in individualism, reason and evidence as the cornerstones of that civilization. We aren’t ready to hand the keys to the barbarians at the gates just yet."

Neema Parvini

"The left is using their control of the cultural and the legal establishment to force ideological hegemony, one way or another. When faced with the prospect that the left’s substandard ideological product will time and again be rejected for a better alternative, for their own survival, the left has decided not to allow an alternative. And though they are indeed powerful, they are neither right nor invincible. There is a solution to the sort of control the left seeks over your life: opt-out."

Ryan Thorson

"Are Americans aware that the latest national defense posture statement reaffirms the neoconservative priority that America prevail over the world? Do Americans understand that Washington considers Russia and China to be threats simply because they have independent foreign and economic policies? Do Americans understand that American hegemony means that no country is permitted to be sovereign?"

Paul Craig Roberts

"We are, each of us, alone. And this is the first law of masculinity. And it is the most important law. Your value is equal to the value which you bring to the tribe. We are not equal. You are not special. Respect is earned, not given. Your brothers will not love you unconditionally for who you are, just being yourself. They will criticize you, push you to your limits, bring out the best in you, and give you their respect when earned. And this isn’t shocking at all. This is common knowledge to any man. Your childhood is over. The boy is dead. It’s time to be a man for the rest of your life."

Jack Donovan

"When someone starts talking about public policy, hold on to your wallet. Hold on to your kids. Hold onto your liberties. Watch the glaze that comes over people’s eyes and the blank stares that cloud over their faces as they prepare to sacrifice their and other people’s liberty, wealth and children on the altar of 'the public good' over the latest 'public policy.'

The messianic state, also known as the nanny state, legislates away our freedoms one by one, promising security in return and even deliverance from every modern problem under the guise of public policy. Remember, everything that is public policy is politically correct and everything that is politically correct is public policy.

This is how governments ensure conformity and control."

Bob Livingston

"People don't understand that, throughout history, when one group, culture, or civilization met another, the one with the more advanced technology almost always totally devastated the more primitive one. It’s sad, perhaps, but I fear it’s also inevitable. It’s how humans are genetically wired. We can, I think, overcome the will to conquer as individuals. But once humans form into large groups it’s a different story."

Doug Casey

"If freedom and liberty are to be evident in this society, government must be held down. No constitution can save us, nor can it provide liberty for the individual. No constitution written by politicians should be revered. It should instead be shunned. The enemy of freedom is government, and if any government is to exist, it should have only one mission and only enough power to protect that singular mission. That is to protect the natural rights of the individual, nothing more."

Gary D. Barnett

"The war on masculinity has an important component, it seeks the extinction of free moral agency and destruction of the will to confront those in power and dethrone them whoever they may be. The masculine impulse tends to an individualist impulse; mind you, there are now women of both sexes so the notion has gotten diluted."

Bill Buppert

"We all know that the brightest people are NEVER found in government. A-students work for C-students who create companies and are often drop-outs, and B-students go to the government because they cannot qualify for a real job."

Martin Armstrong