Tag: Coercion

1405: Karl Hess – Integration & Segregation

W1405: Karl Hess - Integration & Segregation
Racism has been supported in this country not despite of, but thanks to, governmental power and politics. Reverse racism — thinking that government is competent to force people to integrate, just as it once forced them to segregate — is just as political and just as disastrous. It has not worked. Its product has been hatred rather than brotherhood. —Karl Hess
Racism has been supported in this country not despite of, but thanks to, governmental power and politics. Reverse racism — thinking that government is competent to force people to integrate, just as it once forced them to segregate — is just as political and just as disastrous. It has not worked. Its product has been hatred rather than brotherhood. —Karl HessDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 1.96MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 248KB
Racism has been supported in this country not despite of, but thanks to, governmental power and politics. Reverse racism — thinking that government is competent to force people to integrate, just as it once forced them to segregate — is just as political and just as disastrous. It has not worked. Its product has been hatred rather than brotherhood. —Karl HessDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.98MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 340KB

Racism has been supported in this country not despite of, but thanks to, governmental power and politics. Reverse racism — thinking that government is competent to force people to integrate, just as it once forced them to segregate — is just as political and just as disastrous. It has not worked. Its product has been hatred rather than brotherhood. —Karl Hess

1404: Ayn Rand – Statism is Perpetual Violence

W1404: Ayn Rand - Statism is Perpetual Violence
Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. It leaves men no choice but to fight to seize political power—to rob or be robbed, to kill or be killed. When brute force is the only criterion of social conduct, and unresisting surrender to destruction is the only alternative, even the lowest of men, even an animal—even a cornered rat—will fight. There can be no peace within an enslaved nation. —Ayn Rand
Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. It leaves men no choice but to fight to seize political power—to rob or be robbed, to kill or be killed. When brute force is the only criterion of social conduct, and unresisting surrender to destruction is the only alternative, even the lowest of men, even an animal—even a cornered rat—will fight. There can be no peace within an enslaved nation. —Ayn RandDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 1.85MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 240KB
Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. It leaves men no choice but to fight to seize political power—to rob or be robbed, to kill or be killed. When brute force is the only criterion of social conduct, and unresisting surrender to destruction is the only alternative, even the lowest of men, even an animal—even a cornered rat—will fight. There can be no peace within an enslaved nation. —Ayn RandDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.75MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 315KB

Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. It leaves men no choice but to fight to seize political power—to rob or be robbed, to kill or be killed. When brute force is the only criterion of social conduct, and unresisting surrender to destruction is the only alternative, even the lowest of men, even an animal—even a cornered rat—will fight. There can be no peace within an enslaved nation. —Ayn Rand

1385: Gloria Alvarez – Government Power

W1385: Gloria Alvarez - Government Power
The more power you give the government the less power you have to control your life. —Gloria Alvarez
The more power you give the government the less power you have to control your life. —Gloria AlvarezDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 8.37MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 305KB
The more power you give the government the less power you have to control your life. —Gloria AlvarezDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 10.25MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 381KB

The more power you give the government the less power you have to control your life. —Gloria Alvarez

1378: Thomas Sowell – Government Planning

W1378: Thomas Sowell – Government Planning
“Planning” in political rhetoric is the government’s suppression of other people’s plans by superimposing on them a collective plan, created by third parties, armed with the power of government and exempted from paying the costs that these collective plans impose on others. —Thomas Sowell
“Planning” in political rhetoric is the government’s suppression of other people’s plans by superimposing on them a collective plan, created by third parties, armed with the power of government and exempted from paying the costs that these collective plans impose on others. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.68MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 210KB
“Planning” in political rhetoric is the government’s suppression of other people’s plans by superimposing on them a collective plan, created by third parties, armed with the power of government and exempted from paying the costs that these collective plans impose on others. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.66MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 272KB

“Planning” in political rhetoric is the government’s suppression of other people’s plans by superimposing on them a collective plan, created by third parties, armed with the power of government and exempted from paying the costs that these collective plans impose on others. —Thomas Sowell

1372: Antony Davies – The Humans Who Work in Government

W1372: Antony Davies – The Humans Who Work in Government
The faith that people unthinkingly place in government to accomplish goals is at the same time faith in the people who work in government. But people who work in government are no more knowledgeable, capable, motivated, or well-intentioned than their counterparts outside of government. Humans who work in government are the very same kinds of humans as those who don’t, and they are subject to all the same motivations like everyone else. So many people miss this fundamental point in so many ways that it is mind-boggling. —Antony Davies
The faith that people unthinkingly place in government to accomplish goals is at the same time faith in the people who work in government. But people who work in government are no more knowledgeable, capable, motivated, or well-intentioned than their counterparts outside of government. Humans who work in government are the very same kinds of humans as those who don’t, and they are subject to all the same motivations like everyone else. So many people miss this fundamental point in so many ways that it is mind-boggling. —Antony DaviesDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 235KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 124KB
The faith that people unthinkingly place in government to accomplish goals is at the same time faith in the people who work in government. But people who work in government are no more knowledgeable, capable, motivated, or well-intentioned than their counterparts outside of government. Humans who work in government are the very same kinds of humans as those who don’t, and they are subject to all the same motivations like everyone else. So many people miss this fundamental point in so many ways that it is mind-boggling. —Antony DaviesDownload Print Quality (6000×7680) 279KB  |  Normal Quality (3000×3840) 141KB

The faith that people unthinkingly place in government to accomplish goals is at the same time faith in the people who work in government. But people who work in government are no more knowledgeable, capable, motivated, or well-intentioned than their counterparts outside of government. Humans who work in government are the very same kinds of humans as those who don’t, and they are subject to all the same motivations like everyone else. So many people miss this fundamental point in so many ways that it is mind-boggling. —Antony Davies

1356: Frank Dikotter – The Great Leap Forward

F1356: Frank Dikotter – The Great Leap Forward
By unleashing China’s greatest asset, a labour force that was counted in the hundreds of millions, Mao thought that he could catapult his country past its competitors. Instead of following the Soviet model of development, which leaned heavily towards industry alone, China would ‘walk on two legs’: the peasant masses were mobilised to transform both agriculture and industry at the same time, converting a backward economy into a modern communist society of plenty for all.
By unleashing China’s greatest asset, a labour force that was counted in the hundreds of millions, Mao thought that he could catapult his country past its competitors. Instead of following the Soviet model of development, which leaned heavily towards industry alone, China would ‘walk on two legs’: the peasant masses were mobilised to transform both agriculture and industry at the same time, converting a backward economy into a modern communist society of plenty for all.Download Print Quality (6144×7680) 480KB  |  Normal Quality (3072×3840) 223KB

1352: Mary Ruwart – A Parent’s Choice vs the FDA

F1352: Mary Ruwart - A Parent's Choice vs the FDA
When four-year-old Thomas Navarro developed a deadly brain tumor, his parents were appalled at the frequent side effects of the radiation treatments. When they expressed their desire to try a gentler experimental treatment, doctors threatened to take Thomas from his parents and put him in state custody.
When four-year-old Thomas Navarro developed a deadly brain tumor, his parents were appalled at the frequent side effects of the radiation treatments. When they expressed their desire to try a gentler experimental treatment, doctors threatened to take Thomas from his parents and put him in state custody.Download Print Quality (6144×7680) 447KB  |  Normal Quality (3072×3840) 215KB

1351: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – When Should One Resist?

F1351: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – When Should One Resist?
At what exact point, should one resist? When one's belt is taken away? When one is ordered to face into a corner? When one crosses the threshold of one's home?
At what exact point, should one resist? When one's belt is taken away? When one is ordered to face into a corner? When one crosses the threshold of one's home?Download Print Quality (6144×7680) 515KB  |  Normal Quality (3072×3840) 243KB

1347: Mary Ruwart – Fear of FDA Reprisal

W1347: Mary Ruwart - Fear of FDA Reprisal
Nobody in the drug industry is going to say anything because if they do the FDA could punish them by dragging their feet on their approvals, which could destroy a company, and it has destroyed many. So no one is going to speak out. —Dr. Mary J. Ruwart
Nobody in the drug industry is going to say anything because if they do the FDA could punish them by dragging their feet on their approvals, which could destroy a company, and it has destroyed many. So no one is going to speak out. —Dr. Mary J. RuwartDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 1.76MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 166KB
Nobody in the drug industry is going to say anything because if they do the FDA could punish them by dragging their feet on their approvals, which could destroy a company, and it has destroyed many. So no one is going to speak out. —Dr. Mary J. RuwartDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.74MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 222KB

Nobody in the drug industry is going to say anything because if they do the FDA could punish them by dragging their feet on their approvals, which could destroy a company, and it has destroyed many. So no one is going to speak out. —Dr. Mary J. Ruwart

1339: Thomas DiLorenzo – Working Just to Pay Taxes

F1339: Thomas DiLorenzo - Working Just to Pay Taxes
Governments confiscate more than a third of all family income. Each year the average American taxpayer works 127 days, from January 1st until May 7th — just to pay taxes. —Thomas DiLorenzo
Governments confiscate more than a third of all family income. Each year the average American taxpayer works 127 days, from January 1st until May 7th — just to pay taxes. —Thomas DiLorenzoDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 445KB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 152KB
Governments confiscate more than a third of all family income. Each year the average American taxpayer works 127 days, from January 1st until May 7th — just to pay taxes. —Thomas DiLorenzoDownload Print Quality (3072×3840) 3.07MB  |  Normal Quality (1536×1920) 291KB

Governments confiscate more than a third of all family income. Each year the average American taxpayer works 127 days, from January 1st until May 7th — just to pay taxes. —Thomas DiLorenzo