"Protectionism, socialism, all varieties of state favoritism and restrictions on competition, and the growth of bureaucracy and jobbery were the means by which special interests sought to exploit the public, the great mass of consumers and taxpayers."

-- Ralph Raico

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“Self-confidence is not the same thing as ego. This is not to say that the two donâ€™t (frequently) dance hand in hand down the street, pushing over old ladies in crosswalks and kicking baby kittens. But they are definitely not the same entity. Ego is thinking you have all the answers. Self-confidence is knowing you donâ€™t have the answers, but being pretty sure that you will be able to find them.”
“The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.”

Source : "Torquato Tasso". Play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Act IV, scene IV, line 63, 1790.
“I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind.”
“The only way you really see change is by helping to create it.”
“We get done with the game, and it's an absolute downpour 30 minutes later. That's when I thought God was telling me that's enough-time for you to go do something else”
“Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna.”
“Everybody talks and everybody listens, and somehow the truth just always comes up missin.”
“I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.”

Source : "‘It’s Time’ for Imagine Dragons: An Interview With Front Man Dan". Interview with Jon Chattman, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2012.

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