Inalienable Human Dignity – Quote by Walter Lippmann
“The self-evident truth which makes men invincible is that inalienably they are inviolable persons.”
Walter Lippmann
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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
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 Noam Chomsky on Arpanet and Nicaragua
“In the early days of the military Arpanet, my daughter was studying in Nicaragua. Because the U.S. was essentially at war with them, contact was difficult. I managed to use MIT’s Arpanet connection, and she found one, so we could communicate thanks to the Pentagon!”
Noam Chomsky
Germany and Polish Blood – Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
“Germany is a great nation only because its people have so much Polish blood in their veins.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
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