"People who object to weapons aren't abolishing violence, they're begging for rule by brute force, when the biggest, strongest animals among men were always automatically 'right.' Guns ended that, and social democracy is a hollow farce without an armed populace to make it work."

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Source : L. Neil Smith (2001). “The Probability Broach”, p.121, Macmillan

L. Neil Smith

#Men Quotes #Animal Quotes #Gun Quotes

“We're persecuted in the most civilized languages.”
“Years ago, as I was beginning my professional career on Wall Street, I volunteered as a Big Brother in New York City.”
“What is good today may be a cliche tomorrow.”
“If you only try to please others, you're going to resent those people you're trying to please; the ones who are often closest to you. If you choose a path that you yourself want to take, then you're going to be much kinder to the people in your life.”
“Today we're seeing fundamental conflicts within political Islam, with the fundamentalists on the one side and the moderates on the other. Who gains the upper hand means a great deal to the world.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Even having to do the amount of press that I have to do is dreadful and gives me so much anxiety. After having done this whole slew of press for 'Big Love,' now I'll have anxiety dreams for like a week and a half about all the stupid things I said.”
“[Imeachable conduct is] misconduct by public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.”
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

Source : "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)

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