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Quote 2141 -
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
Quote 2140 -
Grown men do not need leaders.
Quote 2139 -
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others
Quote 2138 -
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Quote 2137 -
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
Quote 2136 -
It is more beneficial that many guilty persons should escape unpunished than one innocent person should suffer, because it is of more importance that innocence should be protected than it is that guilt should be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in the world that all of them cannot be punished, and many times they happen in such a manner that it is not of much consequence to the public whether they are punished or not. But when innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, the subject will exclaim, "it is immaterial to me whether I behave well or ill, for virtue itself is no security." And if such a sentiment as this should take place in the mind of a subject there would be an end to all security whatsoever.
Atlas Mugged: big media maligns the movie -
The movie Atlas Shrugged Part 1 is ideology.
It isn’t art. It isn’t cinema. It isn’t epic saga. It’s ideology.
Edgar the Exploiter wants your money! -
Actually, it's Edgar's creator who wants your money.
A libertarian animator named Tomasz Kaye needs your voluntary donations so he can finish his short film of freedom in time for the 2012 Elections.
The video is Edgar the Exploiter, described as "An animation showing the hidden costs of government intervention."
The Drug War is a Race War -
Libertarians need to keep pounding on the fact that the Drug War is a government instituted race war.
Criminalizing drugs has always been a means of targeting and controlling racial, ethnic, and social minorities.
Standing up for Real Free Markets -
TSA banned from Seattle area restaurant? -
Libertarian News Examiner reader Jason Gonella reported, "There is a story circulating about a restaurant that refuses to serve anyone employed by the TSA. That's a good start."
Discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, and all the rest is disgusting but totally free choice.
And it's a matter of free choice for people – not "government" but people – to fight against it.
Avoid Bradley Manning treatment; don't talk to officialdom -
Quaint old ideas like freedom of assembly, freedom of association, freedom of speech and the right to peacefully petition government for redress of grievances used to be respected, but now apparently they're legal only in Wisconsin and only if you're a union member.
Among the many lessons that Bradley Manning has taught us (courage, honesty, integrity, commitment to truth and decency among other concepts cherished by libertarians) there is one other that every libertarian should take to heart.
Welcome to the magical Free Lunch Island -
Slate published "The Greatest Country on Earth" which describes how everything on the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius is free.
According to the author, Mauritius provides "free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for school children, and free health care – including heart surgery – for all."
Julian Assange and Julian Heicklen under attack -
"The US government really wants Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. They’re mad at him for releasing video of the military’s murder of civilians in Iraq and more recently a list of sensitive diplomatic cables too long to get into here. A grand jury has been empaneled in Alexandria, VA to consider criminal charges against Assange. He may never be extradited to the US for trial, but what if he is?"
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"From FIJA’s website:
REAL ID: dead or alive? -
REAL ID, of course, is the government's attempt to forcibly turn every state driver's license into a de facto internal passport, complete with electronic and biometric identifiers.
In "A Nation of Cringing Wretches. . .." Eric Peters wrote, "Soon, however, we may all be required to submit not merely to being fingerprinted – but perhaps also be forced to allow our retinas to be scanned, possibly our DNA itself catalogued.
He explained, "The federal Real ID Act is why" and then offered, "the Real ID Act is very real indeed."
Sheila Dean: stalking the ID stalkers – Part II -
LNE: Will the bureaucrats ever abandon their spy dreams?
DEAN: I'm not thinking they will. Not in the near future because the idea behind this is to be able to control populations from the seat of information and identity driven data. Identity data is becoming a secondary form of fiat currency. The computing age has made information byproducts abundant. The intent is to be able to manage segments of the population's access to resources, narrowing your undesirables to a market behavior or a demographic. I've discovered in my travels that all national identity systems have this trait in common. This is why security-based national identity systems and the constant demand for identity are red flags for totalitarian states, which historically lean towards internment or genocides of their own citizens. You can't sleep on this one.
Sheila Dean: stalking the ID stalkers – Part I -
Bureaucrats at every level of government are obsessed with our identities and stalk us like paparazzi.
But Sheila Dean has been stalking the stalkers since 2008 at BeatTheChip ("devoted to preserving US citizens from the progress of Real ID legislations") and at the 5-11 Campaign ("a grassroots effort against national identification and data surveillance").
Side by Side Leadership, by Dennis Romig -
Side by Side Leadership:Achieving Outstanding Results Together by Dennis A. Romig, Ph.D. New York Times® Bestseller Wall Street Journal® Bestseller |
Are Leadership Challenges Holding You Back?
Have any of your projects ever been both on time and on budget?
Were National Parks the 'One Good Thing?” Think again. -
All your life you were looking at their lies and thought the National Parks were the One Good Thing. Think again.
Extending Human Vision - The Work of Arthur C. Pillsbury - Arthur C. Pillsbury changed the way we see the world. He said, "Knowledge Commons." We use the term, Open Source. You did not know his name but you see through his eyes.