“The State is a Gang of Thieves” – Murray Rothbard
“The State is a gang of thieves writ large – the most immoral, grasping and unscrupulous individuals in any society.”
Murray Rothbard
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Thomas Sowell on Education and Argumentation
“One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people’s motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans– anything except reason.”
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell: Importance of Evidence and Facts
“It is bad enough that so many people believe things without any evidence. What is worse is that some people have no conception of evidence and regard facts as just someone else’s opinion.”
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell Quote on Theft, Robbery and Social Justice
“What do you call it when someone steals someone else’s money secretly? Theft. What do you call it when someone takes someone else’s money openly by force? Robbery. What do you call it when a politician takes someone else’s money in taxes and gives it to someone who is more likely to vote for him? Social Justice.”
Thomas Sowell
“Monetary expansion” – Quote by Murray Rothbard
“Monetary expansion is a massive scheme of hidden redistribution.”
Murray Rothbard
Our Civilization and Artificial Stupidity – Thomas Sowell
“Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity.”
Thomas Sowell
Quote About Power by George Orwell
“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.”
George Orwell
“The past was erased” – Quote by George Orwell
“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”
George Orwell
Totalitarianism and Power – Quote by George Orwell
“A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud.”
George Orwell
Henry Ford Quote on Life and Experiences
“Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.”
Henry Ford