Monday, June 29, 2009

Things I've Read Lately

"When the individual or even a large business makes a wrong decision, its impact is limited and more easily absorbed by the free market. However, when the Statist makes a wrong decision, its impact is far-reaching, for he uses the power of the government to impose his decision on as many individuals and businesses as possible, which distorts the free market itself." -- Mark Levin, Liberty and Tyranny

"Property is the fruit of labor . . . property is desirable . . . is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own house shall be safe from violence when built." -- Abraham Lincoln

BTW, the more I read about FDR, the less I am a fan. And I was never a fan.

3 comments:

Brenda said...

If you give a man a fish...or a house...or a bailout....

Rachel said...

I think we can trace a lot of negative stuff back to FDR. Great quotes!! Does Abraham Lincoln rock or what?

Member of the Justice League said...

Boo! to FDR. Boo! to Woodrow Wilson! Boo! to George W. for prescription drug plans and for the first stimulus and for TARP and for 'abandoning the free market to save the free market.' Boo! to Obama for the second stimulus and GITMO and 'cap and tax' and czars and appointing tax cheats and everything else!