Blushweaver Quotes

#1. Force, governmental coercion, is the instrument by which the ethics of altruism - the belief that the individual exists to serve others - is translated into political reality.

Nathaniel Branden

#2. Just as no one is morally required to answer a robber truthfully when he asks if there are any valuables in one's house, so no one can be morally required to answer truthfully similar questions asked by the State, e.g., when filling out income tax returns.

Murray Rothbard

#3. There is no security in life, only opportunity.

Mark Twain

#4. Every second, ten stars set behind the black water in the west.

Paul Bowles

#5. Charity requires sacrifice, and members of Congress could set a good example of charity by giving up their pay increase.

Tom Coburn

#6. Abolitionists were men of sharp angles. Organizing them was like binding crooked sticks in a bundle.

Jane Swisshelm

#7. The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expenses AND reduce inventories and increase throughput simultaneously.

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

#8. Today, with a recording, he can hear the thing enough times until he really gets acquainted with the language, and then he can begin to make an estimate of the intrinsic, aesthetic value of that piece of music.

Leo Ornstein

#9. It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.

Bob Kerrey