Donald Livingston famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

... the modern state masks itself in moral ideologies which obscure its actual conduct. One of the most compelling and insidious of these ideologies is the doctrine of natural rights. It was to secure these rights that the modern state was invented in the first place, and it is impossible, especially for Americans, not to be seduced by the doctrine. But it is nonetheless a philosophical superstition.
-- Donald Livingston

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That's an interesting philosophical question. When your boner goes away, is that one gone... forever?
One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity.
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I drank the water. No more problem.
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
The only possible basis for a sound morality is mutual tolerance and respect: tolerance of one anotherâ€™s customs and opinions; respect for one anotherâ€™s rights and feelings; awareness of one anotherâ€™s needs.
I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people's decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they're aware, that they're living a conscious lifestyle.
It is easier for a libertarian to attack the science of global warming than to alter one's core libertarian beliefs.
In a modern democracy, not only can a libertarian be elitist; a libertarian has to be elitist. To be a libertarian in a modern democracy is to say that nearly 300 million Americans are wrong, and a handful of nay-sayers are right.
Small government is beautiful

Donald Livingston famous quotes

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