Author: Christian Malazarte

1166: Jordan Peterson – Stand up for Yourself

W1166: Jordan Peterson - Stand up for Yourself
You pay a price for everything you do and everything you don’t do. So you might as well stand up for yourself. —Jordan Peterson

You pay a price for everything you do and everything you don’t do.
so you might as well stand up for yourself. —Jordan Peterson

1165: Tom Woods – The Civil War was Fought to Prevent Secession

W1165: Tom Woods - The Civil War was Fought to Prevent Secession
The war was fought to prevent the secession, not to free the slaves. People who took up arms in the South did so because they were being invaded. —Tom Woods

The war was fought to prevent the secession, not to free the slaves. People who took up arms in the South did so because they were being invaded. —Tom Woods

1164: Tom Woods – State Monopoly of Power

W1164: Tom Woods - State Monopoly of Power
If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions' authors (James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, respectively), it will continue to grow - regardless of elections, the separation of powers, and other much-touted limits on government power. —Tom Woods

If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions’ authors (James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, respectively), it will continue to grow – regardless of elections, the separation of powers, and other much-touted limits on government power. —Tom Woods

1163: Tom Woods – The Delusion of Keynesians

W1163: Tom Woods - The Delusion of Keynesians
Keynesians think that you can take water from the deep end of the swimming, pump it into the shallow end of the swimming pool and somehow the water level of the swimming pool will rise. —Tom Woods

Keynesians think that you can take water from the deep end of the swimming, pump it into the shallow end of the swimming pool and somehow the water level of the swimming pool will rise. —Tom Woods

1162: Tom Woods – The Stupid Party and The Evil Party

W1162: Tom Woods - The Stupid Party and The Evil Party
There are only two (major) parties today: The Stupid Party and The Evil Party. Once in a while the two parties get together to do something that is both stupid and evil, and that's called Bipartisanship. —Tom Woods

There are only two (major) parties today: The Stupid Party and The Evil Party. Once in a while the two parties get together to do something that is both stupid and evil, and that’s called Bipartisanship. —Tom Woods

1161: Andrew Napolitano – Common Good vs. Your Natural Rights

W1161: Andrew Napolitano – Common Good vs. Your Natural Rights
No matter how well-intentioned these governors may be, no matter how sound their medical advice is, if the common good could trump your natural rights then they wouldn't be rights. —Judge Andrew Napolitano (Mises Institute, 13 July 2020)

No matter how well-intentioned these governors may be, no matter how sound their medical advice is, if the common good could trump your natural rights then they wouldn’t be rights. —Judge Andrew Napolitano (Mises Institute, 13 July 2020)

1160: Friedrich Hayek – Democratic Socialism Produces Something Different

W1160: Friedrich Hayek - Democratic Socialism Produces Something Different
Democratic Socialism, the great utopia of the last few generations, is not only unachievable, but that to strive for it produces something that many will not believe until the connection has been laid bare in all its aspects. —F.A. Hayek

Democratic Socialism, the great utopia of the last few generations, is not only unachievable, but that to strive for it produces something that many will not believe until the connection has been laid bare in all its aspects. —F.A. Hayek

1159: Thomas Sowell – Slavery Can Never Be Forgotten Nor Forgiven

W1159: Thomas Sowell - Slavery Can Never Be Forgotten Nor Forgiven
To say that one has been compensated is to say that things have been set right. Slavery can neither be forgotten nor forgiven. Certainly NOT by those who never suffered it personally, and certainly NOT in exchange for money or other benefits. —Thomas Sowell (Race & Culture: A World View)

To say that one has been compensated is to say that things have been set right. Slavery can neither be forgotten nor forgiven. Certainly NOT by those who never suffered it personally, and certainly NOT in exchange for money or other benefits. —Thomas Sowell (Race & Culture: A World View)

1158: Defending Liberty During a Crisis

W1158: Defending Liberty During a Crisis
There is no use promoting liberty if you won't defend it during a crisis.

There is no use promoting liberty if you won’t defend it during a crisis.

1157: Mark Groves – Stand on the Truth

W1157: Mark Groves - Stand on the Truth
If a truth burns down a relationship, a family, a community, or a society, it was only ever held together by lies. And to that I say, let it burn. I never want to live in a world where our need for ‘comfort’ supersedes our need to stand on a foundation only the truth can provide. —Mark Groves

If a truth burns down a relationship, a family, a community, or a society, it was only ever held together by lies. And to that I say, let it burn. I never want to live in a world where our need for ‘comfort’ supersedes our need to stand on a foundation only the truth can provide. —Mark Groves