Notable Quotable 249

Apr 12, 2024

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

- G.K. Chesterton

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

- John Stuart Mill

The Revolution won't happen with guns, rather it will happen incrementally, year by year, generation by generation.

We will gradually infiltrate their educational institutions and their political offices, transforming them slowly into Marxist entities as we move towards universal egalitarianism.

- Max Horkheimer

The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities.

In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives.

- Arthur C. Brooks

In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.

- Phil Ochs

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You can't spend yourself rich and you can't vote yourself free.

- Michael Malice

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.

- Vaclav Havel

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

- Frank Herbert

A man's natural rights are his own against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime whether committed by one man calling himself a robber, or by millions calling themselves a government.

- Lysander Spooner

Any attempt to restore harmony in the world can only rest on the renewal of personal responsibility.

- Andrei Tarkovsky