John Hospers famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

An economy cannot long remain prosperous by government's taxing and spending more, now absorbing national output at a rate equal to the entire income of every American living west of the Mississippi. If this trend continues, America will gradually sink into the status of a Third World nation - more unemployment, more shackles on production, more poverty.
-- John Hospers

#Government #America #Long
By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations of personal liberty and individual rights are performed by governments... The major crimes throughout history, the ones executed on the largest scale, have been committed not by individuals or bands of individuals but by governments, as a deliberate policy of those governments-that is, by the official representatives of governments, acting in their official capacity.
-- John Hospers

#Rights #Government #Liberty
Whether or not we have personality disturbances, whether or not we have the ability to overcome deficiencies of early environment, is like the answer to the question whether or not we shall be struck down by a dread disease: "it's all a matter of luck." It is important to keep this in mind, for people almost always forget it, with consequences in human intolerance and unnecessary suffering that are incalculable.
-- John Hospers

#People #Personality #Luck
The greater the hold of government upon the life of the individual citizen, the greater the risk of war.
-- John Hospers

#War #Government #Risk
If each human being is to have liberty, he cannot also have the liberty to deprive others of their liberty.
-- John Hospers

#Liberty #Humans
Undertaking initially to protect its citizens against aggression, [government] has often itself become â€¦ a far greater aggressor.
-- John Hospers

#Government #Citizens #Protect
...More than almost any current book, DTU will wake the reader from his dogmatic slumbers. It is eminently readable, challenging, and provocative.
-- John Hospers

#Book #Challenges #Slumber

The mighty edifice of Government science dominated the scene in the middle of the 20th century as a Gothic cathedral dominated a 13th century landscape. The work of many hands over many years, it universally inspired admiration, wonder and fear.
Government...may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion; and it may not aid, foster, or promote one religion or religious theory against another... The First Amendment mandates governmental neutrality...
America didnâ€™t bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be.
Together, these advocates create a pro-Israeli case so compelling that the idea and reality of Israel has worked itself deep into American culture, politics and foreign policy. Many American Jews refuse to accept it, but the real debate between Israelâ€™s supporters and detractors in America is all but over.
We feel strongly that the spirit characteristic of America at its noblest, above all the pursuit of higher learning, cannot admit of any conditions as to personnel other than those designed to promote the objects for which this institution is established, and particularly with no regard whatever to accidents of race, creed, or sex.
Gore speaks to America as if English is its second language; George W. speaks as if English is his second language.
Oh, Eeyore, you are wet!â€ said Piglet, feeling him. Eeyore shook himself, and asked somebody to explain to Piglet what happened when you had been inside a river for quite a long time.
The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

John Hospers famous quotes

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