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Joseph Sobran Quotes

Even if we are all doomed to live under the state, it doesn’t follow that there is, or even can be, such a thing as a good state Picture Quote #1

The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself Picture Quote #1

If you want government to intervene domestically, you’re a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you’re a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you’re a moderate. If you don’t want government to intervene anywhere, you’re an extremist Picture Quote #1

The measure of the state’s success is that the word anarchy frightens people, while the word state does not Picture Quote #1

War has all the characteristics of socialism most conservatives hate: Centralized power, state planning, false rationalism, restricted liberties, foolish optimism about intended results, and blindness to unintended secondary results Picture Quote #1

People who create things nowadays can expect to be prosecuted by highly moralistic people who are incapable of creating anything. There is no way to measure the chilling effect on innovation that results from the threats of taxation, regulation and prosecution against anything that succeeds. We’ll never know how many ideas our government has aborted in the name protecting us Picture Quote #1

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Democracy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling themselves. Once they believe that, they make wonderfully submissive slaves Picture Quote #1

The chances of your being harmed by terrorists are mathematically minute. The chance of your being robbed by your own government? That’s easy: 100 per cent Picture Quote #1

Tyranny seldom announces itself... In fact, a tyranny may exist without an individual tyrant. A whole government, even a democratically elected one, may be tyrannical Picture Quote #1

The difference between a politician and a pickpocket is that a pickpocket doesn’t always get indignant when you tell him to keep his hands to himself Picture Quote #1

The purpose of a college education is to give you the correct view of minorities, and the means to live as far away from them as possible Picture Quote #1

There has never been a humane communist regime. Marxism is inherently totalitarian. It recognizes no moral limits on the state. It’s the most convenient ideology for aspiring tyrants; it also retains its appeal for intellectuals, who have proved equally skillful at rationalizing abuses of power and at exculpating themselves Picture Quote #1

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Why does corruption in government always surprise us? Why do we expect anything else from it? Government is organized force. It takes our wealth and makes war. And we think honest men would do that work? Picture Quote #1

Man is the only creature disposed to kill huge numbers of members of his own species, and his instrument is usually the state Picture Quote #1

Government has ceased to mean upholding and reinforcing the traditional rights and morals of the governed; it now means compulsion in the service of social engineering Picture Quote #1

Because the state can no longer protect us from crime, it wants to take away from us the means of protecting ourselves. This is the logic of gun control Picture Quote #1

It can be exalting to belong to a church that is five hundred years behind the times and sublimely indifferent to fashion; it is mortifying to belong to a church that is five minutes behind the times, huffing and puffing to catch up Picture Quote #1

All in all, the framers would probably agree that it’s better to impeach too often than too seldom. If presidents can’t be virtuous, they should at least be nervous Picture Quote #1

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Even if we are all doomed to live under the state, it doesn’t follow that there is, or even can be, such a thing as a good state (Joseph Sobran Quotes) The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself (Joseph Sobran Quotes) If you want government to intervene domestically, you’re a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you’re a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you’re a moderate. If you don’t want government to intervene anywhere, you’re an extremist (Joseph Sobran Quotes) The measure of the state’s success is that the word anarchy frightens people, while the word state does not (Joseph Sobran Quotes) War has all the characteristics of socialism most conservatives hate: Centralized power, state planning, false rationalism, restricted liberties, foolish optimism about intended results, and blindness to unintended secondary results (Joseph Sobran Quotes) People who create things nowadays can expect to be prosecuted by highly moralistic people who are incapable of creating anything. There is no way to measure the chilling effect on innovation that results from the threats of taxation, regulation and prosecution against anything that succeeds. We’ll never know how many ideas our government has aborted in the name protecting us (Joseph Sobran Quotes) Democracy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling themselves. Once they believe that, they make wonderfully submissive slaves (Joseph Sobran Quotes) The chances of your being harmed by terrorists are mathematically minute. The chance of your being robbed by your own government? That’s easy: 100 per cent (Joseph Sobran Quotes) Tyranny seldom announces itself... In fact, a tyranny may exist without an individual tyrant. A whole government, even a democratically elected one, may be tyrannical (Joseph Sobran Quotes) The difference between a politician and a pickpocket is that a pickpocket doesn’t always get indignant when you tell him to keep his hands to himself (Joseph Sobran Quotes) The purpose of a college education is to give you the correct view of minorities, and the means to live as far away from them as possible (Joseph Sobran Quotes) There has never been a humane communist regime. Marxism is inherently totalitarian. It recognizes no moral limits on the state. It’s the most convenient ideology for aspiring tyrants; it also retains its appeal for intellectuals, who have proved equally skillful at rationalizing abuses of power and at exculpating themselves (Joseph Sobran Quotes) Why does corruption in government always surprise us? Why do we expect anything else from it? Government is organized force. It takes our wealth and makes war. And we think honest men would do that work? (Joseph Sobran Quotes) Man is the only creature disposed to kill huge numbers of members of his own species, and his instrument is usually the state (Joseph Sobran Quotes) Government has ceased to mean upholding and reinforcing the traditional rights and morals of the governed; it now means compulsion in the service of social engineering (Joseph Sobran Quotes) Because the state can no longer protect us from crime, it wants to take away from us the means of protecting ourselves. This is the logic of gun control (Joseph Sobran Quotes) It can be exalting to belong to a church that is five hundred years behind the times and sublimely indifferent to fashion; it is mortifying to belong to a church that is five minutes behind the times, huffing and puffing to catch up (Joseph Sobran Quotes) All in all, the framers would probably agree that it’s better to impeach too often than too seldom. If presidents can’t be virtuous, they should at least be nervous (Joseph Sobran Quotes)

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