"More people have been killed by totalitarian regimes, during times of peace, than in all the wars in the world combined."

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Source : John Ringo (2013). “There Will be Dragons, Second Edition”, p.109, Baen Publishing Enterprises

John Ringo

#War Quotes #People Quotes #World Quotes

“The organizer of industry who thinks he has 'made' himself and his business has found a whole social system ready to his hand in skilled workers, machinery, a market, peace and order - a vast apparatus and a pervasive atmosphere, the joint creation of millions of men and scores of generations. Take away the whole social factor, and we have not Robinson Crusoe with his salvage from the wreck and his acquired knowledge, but the native savage living on roots, berries and vermin.”
“I went to a psychotherapist for a year and a bit, and it was fantastic. I went in with a very clear question: I couldn't work out why I behaved in a certain way in certain situations, and I got that answered.”
“Living up to your commitments is part of business ethics. My word is my bond.”
“I've been to enough other countries in the world to know what happens when you have socialized single-payer health care. It works. People don't get sick as much. They don't lose their life savings with a catastrophic illness like cancer or AIDS.”

Source : Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. September 4, 1997.
“This Englishwoman is so refined, She has no bosom and no behind.”

Source : "This Englishwoman" l. 1 (1937)
“When I come to work each day, whether as a commentator for TheStreet.com or a host of Mad Money With Jim Cramer, I have only one thought in mind: helping people with their money.”
“There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.”
“There's tons of waste on every film. It really doesn't matter the budget, as long as it hits a bull's-eye.”

Source : "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

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