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Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.
~ Frédéric Bastiat
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The road has its own reasons and no two travelers will have the same understanding of those reasons. If indeed they come to an understanding of them at all.
~ Cormac McCarthy
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Cabinet governments educate the nation; the presidential does not educate it, and may corrupt it.
~ Walter Bagehot
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The more I detest men individually the more ardent
becomes my love for humanity.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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When the red carpets didn’t welcome him, Steve Bannon found an alternative stage. He embraced Carhartt cosplay, grew out the hair, and declared himself a champion of “the people.” But make no mistake — he never stopped living like royalty. His personal life was padded by old Goldman money. The bank account never left Bel Air. The Rolex never came off.
~ John Mac Ghlionn via The Hill
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