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

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

What Did Obama Say About Tyranny?

What Did President Obama Say About Tyranny?

by BURT Folsom  on MAY 20, 2013
President Obama used his graduation address at Ohio State this month to make the case for bigger government. Let’s look at an important section of that speech, and then analyze it—especially in light of the scandals that broke out last week.
“We know,” President Obama told the graduates, “this country cannot accomplish great things if we pursue nothing greater than our own individual ambition. Still, you’ll hear voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s the root of all our problems, even as they do their best to gum up the works; or that tyranny always lurks just around the corner. You should reject these voices.” Let’s analyze this statement.
“We know this country cannot accomplish great things if we pursue nothing greater than our own individual ambition.”
Oddly, Americans pursuing their own individual ambition is not something to deplore, but something to celebrate. It’s what has made this country prosper. ...  Even President Obama, when he makes cabinet appointments, doesn’t do so on merit, but because those appointees advance President Obama’s “own individual ambition.” ...
Conservatives and libertarians believe in limited government, not no government at all. They ... want to make government smaller and more constitutional. Bigger government is inefficient and unwieldy as we see from both the Benghazi and IRS scandals.
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