You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Making capitalism out of socialism is like making eggs out of an omelet.
Making capitalism out of socialism is like making eggs out of an omelet.
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when read more
The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.
Rousseau had it backwards. We are NOT born free. We are born in the chains of the random and the read more
Rousseau had it backwards. We are NOT born free. We are born in the chains of the random and the reflexive, and are ignorant and unreasonable by simple nature. We must learn to be free, to organize the random and detect the reflexive, to acquire the knowledge of particulars and the powers of reason. The examined life is impossible if we cannot examine, order, classify, define, distinguish, always in minute particulars.
...one of the most notable characteristics of any Age of Conflict is the effort to achieve economic expansion by political read more
...one of the most notable characteristics of any Age of Conflict is the effort to achieve economic expansion by political rather than by economic means.
Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.
Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
