"The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement. They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. They call themselves democrats, but they yearn for dictatorship. They call themselves revolutionaries, but they want to make the government omnipotent. They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office. Every man but one a subordinate clerk in a bureau."

Source : Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Bureaucracy: The Economist”, p.115, VM eBooks

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#Blessing Quotes #Men Quotes #Garden Quotes

“Only people who haven't lived through a war advocate it so eagerly.”
“That worked great! Thank you so much. What next?" "I don't know. I didn't expect you to live through it." "Oh.”

Source : Jim C. Hines (2006). “Goblin Quest”, p.192, Penguin
“No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.”
“When I was a kid, I used to watch 'Laurel and Hardy' with my cousins all the time. I still think they're extremely funny and so surreal.”

Source : "Watch This: David Chase's Must-See Movies". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. May 2, 2013.
“Make your race a playground, not a proving ground.”
“So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.”

Source : "Ryan Seacrest: Lord of Hosts" by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 27, 2009.
“Sing lullabie, as women do,Wherewith they bring their babes to rest;And lullabie can I sing to,As womanly as can the best.”

Source : George Gascoigne, John W. Cunliffe (2012). “The Complete Works of George Gascoigne: Volume 1, The Posies”, p.44, Cambridge University Press
“Oh! kangaroos, sequins, chocolate sodas! / You really are beautiful! Pearls, / harmonicas, jujubes, aspirins!”

Source : Frank O'Hara (1995). “The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara”, p.15, Univ of California Press

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