James Cook Quotes
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Welfare corrupts the lower class much faster than the middle class.
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When government tries to make people more equal, it makes them more unequal.
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Good times weaken belief.
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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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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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The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.
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Liberals believe and inexhaustible fund exists that can be tapped endlessly to pay for government social programs. Tax the rich and give it to a long line of moochers, pork barrel hustlers and ne'er-do-wells. These funds would otherwise have been employed as additional capital indispensable to economic progress.
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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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Without memory there are no worries.
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If you get a job or promotion because of your race or gender, it is no different than a subsidy. You get something you didn't earn, 'something for nothing.'
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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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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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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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Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice.
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From an economic standpoint, liberalism is a greater threat to America than communism ever was.
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Subsidies have changed the way the nation behaves.
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You cannot rectify grievances from the past with today's charity.
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Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes.
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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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Suffering perfects the soul.
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When your mind tries to verify a preconceived notion you can miss the obvious.
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Advice from others is always filtered through self interest.
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The only time you can have maximum economic progress is when social programs don't exist.
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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.