Category: Quote of the Week

"Punishment is now unfashionable… because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility." – Thomas Szasz

"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry." – Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

“What are the marks of a sick culture? It is a bad sign when the people of a country stop identifying themselves with the country and start identifying with a group. A racial group. Or a religion. Or a language. Anything, as long as it isn’t the whole population. A very bad sign. Particularism. It was once considered a Spanish vice but any country can fall sick with it. Dominance of males over females seems to be one of the symptoms. Before a revolution can take place, the population must lose faith in both the police and the courts. High …

"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." – T. E. Lawrence

"An elephant. A mouse built to government specifications." – Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough For Love

"Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy." – Max Mayfield, the director of the National Hurricane Center

"There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance." – William F. Buckley

"Courage is being scared to death, and saddling up anyway." – John Wayne

"For those who are in sovereign control of arms are in a sovereign position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not." – Aristotle, The Politics

"Willingness is a state of mind. Readiness is a statement of fact!" – Firearms trainer John S. Farnam,

"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong." – Ayn Rand

“It is perfectly possible to get what you think you want and be miserable. It’s possible too, to never get it but deeply enjoy the process of trying. In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” – Oscar Wilde

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” – Jack London

“Unemployment is capitalism’s way of getting you to plant a garden.” – Orson Scott Card

“I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.” – Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, Aliens (1986)