Lafayette on Friendship with America
“Never was a man further from a partiality for Spain than I am. But I think I now have left them in a sincere and steady intention to cultivate the friendship of America.”
Lafayette
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Lafayette Quote on America’s Internal Divisions
“Nothing hurts so much the interest and reputation of America as to hear of their intestine quarrels.”
Lafayette
Quote by H. P. Lovecraft about Darkness and Cosmic Horror
“Children will always be afraid of the dark, and men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse will always tremble at the thought of the hidden and fathomless worlds of strange life which may pulsate in the gulfs beyond the stars, or press hideously upon our own globe in unholy dimensions which only the dead and the moonstruck can glimpse.”
H. P. Lovecraft
Money as a Medium of Exchange – Quote by Murray Rothbard
“Money is the general medium of exchange. It is the thing for which all other goods are traded, the means of final payment for such goods on the market.”
Murray Rothbard
Quote by H. L. Mencken on Baltimore’s Culinary Variety
“There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.”
H. L. Mencken
Noam Chomsky on Private Airlines and Military Aircraft
“Today, we have private airline companies, but if you take a look at a Boeing plane next time you travel, you’ll see that you are basically taking a ride on a modified bomber.”
Noam Chomsky
Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche: When One Has Not Had a Good Father
“When one has not had a good father, one must create one.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Telephone, Communication and Privacy – Quote by Ivan Illich
“The telephone lets anybody say what he wants to the person of his choice; he can conduct business, express love, or pick a quarrel. It is impossible for bureaucrats to define what people say to each other on the phone, even though they can interfere with – or protect – the privacy of their exchange.”
Ivan Illich
The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor – Noam Chomsky
“The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things. If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia – that saved tens of millions of lives in India alone.”
Noam Chomsky
Education in Wealthy Countries – Noam Chomsky
“The country that consistently ranks among the highest in educational achievement is Finland. A rich country, but education is free. Germany, education is free. France, education is free.”
Noam Chomsky