Notable Quotable 255

Apr 22, 2024

In a world such as this, where every freedom is being relinquished, where every aspect of life is being controlled, where every state threat is a lie, where every truth is avoided; what will become of man? Power and control over large populations can only be achieved over time, and initially in smaller steps, but as the progression of tyranny consumes the majority, extreme force will be more easily accepted. All totalitarian systems rely on voluntary servitude in order to exist, because there are so many more of us than them. Once this state of willing cowardice and indifference claims the population like a ‘virus,’ this mass sickness of society will consume itself, and all that will remain will be a life of slavery and misery; due to dependence on the very masters who brought about the plot to control the people.

- Gary D. Barnett, “What Will You Do When There Is No Food”

I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

- George Carlin

The trouble with the world is not that people know too little; it's that they know so many things that just aren't so.

- Mark Twain

In debates between Anarchists and Statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the State.

Anarchy’s mayhem is wholly conjectural; the State’s mayhem is undeniably, factually horrendous.

- Robert Higgs

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

- Stanley Milgram

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It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.

- Thomas Sowell

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

- Barry Goldwater

As long as we respond predictably to what feels good and what feels bad, it is easy for others to exploit our preferences for their own end.

- Mihaly Csikszcentmihaly

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good.

A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

- Thornton Wilder

When my neighbor walks the dogs, he performs a ritual act of sacer simplicitas, to use the church Latin: "sacred simplicity."

Walking the dog is in truth a ritual of renewal and revival on an intimate scale - a small rebirth of well-being on a daily basis.

- Robert Fulghum