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

Sunday, September 18, 2011

QUESTIONING AUTHORITY

Tonight's Show: QUESTIONING AUTHORITY (FBN at 10pm ET) - Stossel's Take Blog - Fox Business
by John Stossel | September 15, 2011

Do you question authority?

Americans seem to listen to anyone who looks like he is in charge.

A fake security guard convinced airline passengers to lie down on the conveyer belt and go through a baggage X-ray like a piece of luggage.

When a man with a clipboard stood at the Texas-Arkansas border, and told drivers that they couldn't enter Texas because it was "closed," the drivers actually complied and turned around. Why?

Because we're taught to listen to authority.

Several years ago, in a town in Pennsylvania, a man pretending to be a police officer raped one woman and molested others. The assaults had been well-publicized. The media and local police told people: "Be on guard... be suspicious. Don't trust someone just because he says he's a police officer."


Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/stossel/blog/2011/09/15/tonights-show-questioning-authority-fbn-10pm-et#ixzz1YMFeJC1r
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