Quotes

"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Beware of Visiting Poverty: it is not a sport for the rich! Prince William and Kate Middleton Visit California. Stops in Beverly Hills and Skid Row!

Prince William and Kate Middleton Visit California - NYTimes.com
By July 7, 2011
LOS ANGELES — There will be stops in Beverly Hills and Skid Row, along with a charity polo match in Santa Barbara. But there will be no time for Disneyland or the La Brea Tar Pits.

Britain’s newest royal couple is scheduled to arrive here on Friday, visiting Southern California for a little more than 48 hours on an official visit that palace officials say will “support the interests of the United Kingdom through the prism of the royal couple’s interest.”

Apparently, that does not include stops at the major tourist attractions. ... More at above link.

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"The poor know all about poverty and only the morbid rich would find the topic glamorous."

Sullivan's Travels -- (Movie Clip) Poverty
Dismissing his wife on the phone, Sullivan (Joel McCrea) is surprised when butler Burroughs (Robert Grieg) offers a reasoned disapproval of his plan to go hobo, in Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels, 1942.

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