Quotes
Authors
Walter E. Williams

"Try this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would you prefer, a United States with political power centralized in Washington, powerful government agencies with detailed information on Americans and compliant states or power widely dispersed over 50 states, thousands of local jurisdictions and a limited federal government?"

-- Walter E. Williams

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“It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.”
“Life has no meaning a prioriâ€¦ It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.”
“I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity.”
“After the miners' rally, when I saw how emotional everyone got when I sang, I thought I might get somewhere with singing”
“Being on stage is so much fun and enjoyable. Because itâ€™s a lot of fun, we work really hard on music programs and our eyes automatically open up. Because this is where Iâ€™m most confident and where Iâ€™m at my best, I found a way to enjoy all of it. And Iâ€™m still searching for more ways.”
“We have always wanted Google to be a company that is deserving of great love. But we recognize this is an ambitious goal because most large companies are not well-loved, or even seemingly set up with that in mind. We're lucky to have a very direct relationship with our users, which creates a strong incentive for us to do the right thing .”
“Great negotiators never lose sight of what they are aiming at, which is not an agreement per se, but a desired outcome....Getting to yes is easy, all you have to do is roll over. It's getting what you want that's hard.”
“Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards.”

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