James Cook Quotes
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From what I have said of the natives of New Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon earth but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but
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You slight yourself when you're easily slighted.
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Subsidies have changed the way the nation behaves.
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Animosity towards the merchant class has been around for centuries. Why? The goal of making a profit is quite obviously a self-serving motive. Other occupations, while equally self-serving, are better able to hide their motives.
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A thinker reverses roles and sees the perspectives of others.
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When government tries to make people more equal, it makes them more unequal.
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We are far too critical of the fabulous system of plenty that has brought us the highest living standards on earth. The liberals have done a good job of undermining faith in the market system.
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Unions are at a disadvantage in a company vote because the employees can see that the greatest advocates of unionization are often the malcontents and marginal workers.
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Liberals fostered the subsidies that have converted so many citizens to helplessness. They have made high taxes and big government a way of life. They have corrupted the politicians into believing that in order to be elected to office, they must dispense benefits.
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The idea that government can instruct private enterprise on how to eliminate waste is preposterous.
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When wildlife damages agriculture we eliminate the wildlife. Rather we should eliminate agriculture when it damages wildlife.
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Memory doesn't erase. The recall ability fails.
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The American people have come to rely on the government for their security. They will find out how incompetent the government is when they no longer have security.
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Hiring quotas reduce efficiency.
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To enslave a people, give them money they didn't earn.
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The higher the wages the fewer the jobs; the lower the wages the more the jobs.
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The eleventh commandment: Thou shalt be tolerant of all paths that lead to God.
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What drives intellectuals and professors crazy is somebody with a high school diploma who made a fortune in business. They agree with Lenin, who thought success in business was a matter of luck, when in reality it is a matter of genius.
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The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.
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A single charitable foundation started by one capitalist does more good than a world full of socialists and leftists. Think Carnegie and his libraries, or Sloan and Kettering their hospital, or Gates in Africa.
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In the polling booth narrow self interest wins out over lofty principles.
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When your mind tries to verify a preconceived notion you can miss the obvious.
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To be a good manager of people requires both fairness and bluntness.
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Private charity discourages poverty while public subsidies encourage it.