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Reaching into someone else's pocket to assist one's fellow man hardly qualifies as charity.


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But let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?

But let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?



Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.

Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.



No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another to whom it does not belong.

No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another to whom it does not belong.



If one person has a right to something he did not earn, of necessity it requires that another person not have a right to something that he did earn.

If one person has a right to something he did not earn, of necessity it requires that another person not have a right to something that he did earn.



Democracy and liberty are not the same. Democracy is little more than mob rule, while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the individual.

Democracy and liberty are not the same. Democracy is little more than mob rule, while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the individual.



The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding documents. Their vision for us was a Republic and limited government.

The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding documents. Their vision for us was a Republic and limited government.



In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves.

In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves.



Always be suspicious of those who pretend to know it all, claim their way is the best way and are willing to force their way on the rest of us.

Always be suspicious of those who pretend to know it all, claim their way is the best way and are willing to force their way on the rest of us.



I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money and be on his way, but a Congressman will stand there and bore you with the reasons why he took it.

I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money and be on his way, but a Congressman will stand there and bore you with the reasons why he took it.



Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place.

Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place.





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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.



I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there's nothing weak - nothing passive - nothing naïve - in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King.

I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there's nothing weak - nothing passive - nothing naïve - in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King.



I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment.

I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment.



I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect.

I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect.



My candidacy is a compelling argument for my candidacy. I want to be President.

My candidacy is a compelling argument for my candidacy. I want to be President.



All artists get better with age. The more you draw, the better you're going to get.

All artists get better with age. The more you draw, the better you're going to get.



I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.



Life is always rich, thought only occasionally so.

Life is always rich, thought only occasionally so.



In the distance a wolf howls. Let it come, I think. Beast will most likely simply howl back, and the creature will either turn tail and run or fall into line behind him, like the rest of us have.

In the distance a wolf howls. Let it come, I think. Beast will most likely simply howl back, and the creature will either turn tail and run or fall into line behind him, like the rest of us have.




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