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

Friday, September 7, 2012

“Prince Harry, like any soldier, considers it a great honour to represent his country in Her Majesty’s armed forces wherever it chooses to deploy him.”

Prince Harry returns to fight in Afghanistan | The Sun |News

By DAVID WILLETTS and HARRY HAWKINS
Published: 07th September 2012

He has made no secret of his desire to return to action and last year, Harry suggested it would be pointless to undertake costly helicopter training if he never went into combat.
He said: “You become a very expensive asset, the training’s very expensive and they wouldn’t have me doing what I’m doing.
“I count myself very, very lucky to have the chance to fly helicopters, and even luckier to have the chance to fly the Apache.
“It’s a fantastic piece of kit, it’s like flying a robot."
His deployment comes just two weeks after he returned from his headline making holiday in Las Vegas where he was pictured naked at a late night party.
Harry's new mission to Afghanistan may explain why the prince was so keen to let his hair down in America.


Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4525770/Prince-Harry-returns-to-fight-in-Afghanistan.html#ixzz25qF1Ywnb
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