M. Stanton Evans famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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There will be a debate on Firing Line between Buckley and Gore Vidal on the proposition: "This nation cannot survive as long as the income of 50 percent of the population is below the median." Mr. Vidal will take the affirmative.
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A modern liberal is someone who doesn't care what you do, as long as it's compulsory.
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No matter how bad you think something is, when you look into it, it's always worse.
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Once our people get themselves into a position to make policy, they cease being our people.
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It's amazing how much credit you can take, if you don't care about accomplishing anything.
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He who writes the Resolved Clause, wins the debate.
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On Politics: When our people get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being our people.
-- M. Stanton Evans
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How long does getting thin take?
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As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.
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Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.
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I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans.
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Rely on renewable energy flows that are always there whether we use them or not, such as, sun, wind and vegetation: on energy income, not depletable energy capital.
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Gorilla tourism is vital to Rwanda's economy: It's the third highest source of income.
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The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others.
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We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitive taxes and regulations. The rewards of success will be expropriated for the sake of attaining greater income equality.
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