“…the rebirth … of the world … has to start here, in the United States. This country was the only country in history born, not of chance and blind tribal warfare, but as a rational product of man’s mind. This country was built on the supremacy of reason — and, for one magnificent century, it [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Politics’
July 10, 2009
Ragnar Danneskjöld on Robin Hood
“It is said that [Robin Hood] fought against the looting rulers and returned the loot to those who had been robbed, but that is not the meaning of the legend which has survived. He is remembered, not as a champion of property, but as a champion of need, not as a defender of the robbed, [...]
July 10, 2009
Hank Rearden on Justice
“A prisoner brought to trial can defend himself only if there is an objective principle of justice recognized by his judges, a principle upholding his rights, which they may not violate and which he can invoke.”
– Hank Rearden in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, Part II, Chapter IV
July 10, 2009
Floyd Ferris on Government
“Do you really think that we wont those laws to be observed? … We want them broken. … There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be [...]
July 10, 2009
Francisco d’Anconia on Money
“So you think that money is the root of all evil? … Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to [...]
July 10, 2009
Robert Stadler on People
“Men are not open to truth or reason. They cannot be reached by rational argument. The mind is powerless against them. Yet we have to deal with them. If we want to accomplish anything, we have to deceive them into letting us accomplish it. Or force them. They understand nothing else. We cannot expect their [...]
July 10, 2009
Francisco d’Anconia on Work
“…there is nothing of any importance in life — except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from that. It’s the only measure of human value. All the codes of ethics they’ll try to ram down your throat are just so much paper money put out by [...]
July 10, 2009
Dagny Taggart on Punishing Ability
“Nothing can make self-immolation proper. Nothing can give them the right to turn men into sacrificial animals. Nothing can make it moral to destroy the best. One can’t be punished for being good. One can’t be penalized for ability. If that is right, then we’d better start slaughtering one another, because there isn’t any right [...]
February 22, 2009
Dinesh D’Souza on Equality
“Conservatives emphasize the equality of rights, and they are quite willing to endure inequalities that are the product of differential capacity or merit. Liberals emphasize the equality of outcomes, and they tend to attribute inequality to the unequal opportunities that have been provided by society.”
– Dinesh D’Souza, Letters to a Young Conservative, “Conservatives vs. Liberals”
February 22, 2009
Dinesh D’Souza on American Conservatism
“Being a conservative in America means conserving the principles of the American Revolution… Paradoxically, American conservatism seeks to conserve a certain kind of liberalism! It means fighting to uphold the classical liberalism of the founding from assault by liberalism of a different sort.”
– Dinesh D’Souza, Letters to a Young Conservative, “Conservatives vs. Liberals”
