Hugh’s Quote of the Day:
“The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington’s readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.” – William Greider
“The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington’s readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.” – William Greider
“A society that puts equality … ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom.” – Milton Friedman
“That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.” – Romans 9:8 (KJV)
“And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; and I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because that …
“The ‘private sector’ of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and…the ‘public sector’ is, in fact, the coercive sector.” – Henry Hazlitt
“In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“We are powerfully imprisoned in these Dark Ages simply by the terms in which we have been conditioned to think.” – Buckminster Fuller
“A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion.” – Milton Friedman
“No nation was ever ruined by trade.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.” – I Corinthians 15:50 (KJV)
“And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.” – Genesis 24:12 (KJV)
“A tyranny based on … deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself.” – Albert Einstein
“At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed…It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” – Frederick Douglass
“All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
“Popular suffrage is in itself no guarantee of freedom. People can vote themselves into slavery.” – Frank Chodorov