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What Never Was 28 Jan 2011 | 05:27 am
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. -Thomas Jefferson
Not So Much Anymore 21 Jan 2011 | 04:57 am
It is wisely ordained by nature that private connections should prevail over universal views and considerations, otherwise our affections and action would be dissipated and lost for want of a proper l...
The Secret to Survival 19 Jan 2011 | 02:44 pm
The secret to survival is not dying. -Lemmy Kilmister
Hard Hearts and Hard Fronts 14 Jan 2011 | 05:09 am
The language of natural rights require nothing but a hard front, a hard heart and an unblushing countenance. It is from beginning to end so much flat assertion: it neither has anything to do with reas...
Lovers of Lordships 31 Dec 2010 | 05:03 am
Some gan to gape for greedy governance, And match themselves with mighty potentates Lovers of lordships, and troublers of States. -John Milton
Better in a Fair Than in a Wood Alone 27 Dec 2010 | 05:58 am
If the mind be possessed with any lust or passion, a man had better be in a fair than in a wood alone. They may, like petty thieves, cheat us perhaps, and pick our pockets in the midst of company; but...
Natural Scissors 24 Dec 2010 | 04:18 pm
As scissors were made to cut up cloth, so were natural rights invented to cut up law, and legal rights. - Jeremy Bentham
The Conceit of Ignorance 18 Dec 2010 | 05:45 am
If a man is to pursue Philosophy, his first task is to throw away conceit. For it is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he has a conceit that he already knows. -Epictetus
Royalty 12 Dec 2010 | 04:00 am
Royalty is a good burial shroud. -Procopius
Virtue 9 Dec 2010 | 05:24 am
Virtue is never tried but by some difficulty and some struggle. -Edmund Burke
