Notable Quotable 358

Joel Walbert

Dec 16, 2024

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The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.

- G.K. Chesterton

The refusal to take sides on great moral issues is itself a decision. It is a silent acquiescence to evil.

The tragedy of our time is that those who still believe in honesty lack fire and conviction, while those who believe in dishonesty are full of passionate conviction.

- Fulton J. Sheen

Humankind cannot gain something without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost.

- Hiromu Arakawa

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

- Henri Frederic Amiel

The law is an opinion with a gun.

- Stefan Molyneux

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Different people rise to the top under socialism than under capitalism. The higher on the socialist hierarchy you look, the more you will find people who are too incompetent to do the job they are supposed to do.

- Hans-Hermann Hoppe

It seems to me that we face very grave crises indeed, and that if we are to survive, we need not just a few new measures, but a complete change of heart and mind.

- Ian McGilchrist

All rational action is in the first place individual action. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual reasons. Only the individual acts.

- Ludwig von Mises

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.

Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

- Calvin Coolidge

Free markets select for winning solutions.

- Eric S. Raymond