"To be governed ... is to be watched, inspected, directed, indoctrinated, numbered, estimated, regulated, commanded, controlled, law-driven, preached at, spied upon, censured, checked, valued, enrolled - by creatures who have neither the right, nor the wisdom, nor the virtue to do so."

-- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

#Law Quotes #Liberty Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“Men and women have strengths that complement each other.”
“At first it's pretty cool: the limitless fruit of knowledge hanging low in your path. Then you realize it's the only thing to eat around here.”

Source : Rajiv Joseph (2010). “Gruesome Playground Injuries; Animals Out of Paper; Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo: Three Plays”, p.155, Soft Skull Press
“What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg in 1863, Abraham Lincoln said perhaps more than he knew. The war was about a new birth of freedom.”
“The world has improved mostly because unorthodox people did unorthodox things. Not surprisingly, they had the courage and daring to think they could make a difference.”
“Government is the greatest combination for forces known to human society. It can command more men and raise more money than any and all other agencies combined.”
“If a book is easy and fits nicely into all your language conventions and thought forms, then you probably will not grow much from reading it. It may be entertaining, but not enlarging to your understanding. Itâ€™s the hard books that count. Raking is easy, but all you get is leaves; digging is hard, but you might find diamonds.”
“The creator of the universe is lining up things in my favour.”
“You may be more talented than me. You might be smarter than me. And you may be better looking than me. But if we get on a treadmill together, you are going to get off first or I am going to die. It's really that simple. I'm not going to be overworked.”

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