Tag: Individuality

1393: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – Live Not By Lies

F1393: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – Live Not By Lies
We are approaching the brink; already a universal spiritual demise is upon us; a physical one is about to flare up and engulf us and our children, while we continue to smile sheepishly and babble: “But what can we do to stop it? We haven’t the strength.” We have so hopelessly ceded our humanity that for the modest handouts of today we are ready to surrender up all principles, our soul, all the labors of our ancestors, all the prospects of our descendants—anything to avoid disrupting our meager existence.

We are approaching the brink; already a universal spiritual demise is upon us; a physical one is about to flare up and engulf us and our children, while we continue to smile sheepishly and babble: “But what can we do to stop it? We haven’t the strength.” We have so hopelessly ceded our humanity that for the modest handouts of today we are ready to surrender up all principles, our soul, all the labors of our ancestors, all the prospects of our descendants—anything to avoid disrupting our meager existence.

When violence bursts onto the peaceful human condition, its face is flush with self-assurance, it displays on its banner and proclaims: “I am Violence! Make way, step aside, I will crush you!” But violence ages swiftly, a few years pass—and it is no longer sure of itself. To prop itself up, to appear decent, it will without fail call forth its ally—Lies. For violence has nothing to cover itself with but lies, and lies can only persist through violence. And it is not every day and not on every shoulder that violence brings down its heavy hand: It demands of us only a submission to lies, a daily participation in deceit—and this suffices as our fealty.

And therein we find, neglected by us, the simplest, the most accessible key to our liberation: a personal nonparticipation in lies! Even if all is covered by lies, even if all is under their rule, let us resist in the smallest way: Let their rule hold not through me!

—Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

1325: Alex Merced – Being Libertarian

W1325: Alex Merced – Being Libertarian
Being libertarian doesn’t mean hating progressives or conservatives. It means loving individual rights enough to not force them to be like you. —Alex Merced
Being libertarian doesn’t mean hating progressives or conservatives. It means loving individual rights enough to not force them to be like you. —Alex MercedDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.49MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 236KB
Being libertarian doesn’t mean hating progressives or conservatives. It means loving individual rights enough to not force them to be like you. —Alex MercedDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.71MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 303KB

Being libertarian doesn’t mean hating progressives or conservatives. It means loving individual rights enough to not force them to be like you. —Alex Merced

1316: Thomas DiLorenzo – The Most Dangerous Man

W1316: Thomas DiLorenzo – The Most Dangerous Man
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think for himself. —Thomas DiLorenzo, The Problem with Socialism
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think for himself. —Thomas DiLorenzo, The Problem with SocialismDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.00MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 199KB
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think for himself. —Thomas DiLorenzo, The Problem with SocialismDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.67MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 266KB

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think for himself. —Thomas DiLorenzo, The Problem with Socialism

1311: Booker T. Washington – The Majority

W1311: Booker T. Washington - The Majority
A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority. —Booker T. Washington
A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority. —Booker T. WashingtonDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.61MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 223KB
A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority. —Booker T. WashingtonDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 4.69MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 289KB

A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right, and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority. —Booker T. Washington

1307: Karl Hess – Radical and Revolutionary Movements

W1307: Karl Hess – Radical and Revolutionary Movements
Both Left and Right are reactionary and authoritarian. That is to say, both are political. They seek only to revise current methods of acquiring and wielding political power. Radical and revolutionary movements seek not to revise but to revoke. The target of revocation should be obvious. The target is politics itself. —Karl Hess (The Death of Politics)
Both Left and Right are reactionary and authoritarian. That is to say, both are political. They seek only to revise current methods of acquiring and wielding political power. Radical and revolutionary movements seek not to revise but to revoke. The target of revocation should be obvious. The target is politics itself. —Karl Hess (The Death of Politics)Download Print Quality (7680×4020) 219KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 112KB
Both Left and Right are reactionary and authoritarian. That is to say, both are political. They seek only to revise current methods of acquiring and wielding political power. Radical and revolutionary movements seek not to revise but to revoke. The target of revocation should be obvious. The target is politics itself. —Karl Hess (The Death of Politics)Download Print Quality (7680×7680) 284KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×3840) 141KB

Both Left and Right are reactionary and authoritarian. That is to say, both are political. They seek only to revise current methods of acquiring and wielding political power. Radical and revolutionary movements seek not to revise but to revoke. The target of revocation should be obvious. The target is politics itself. —Karl Hess (The Death of Politics)

1302: Lysander Spooner – Against the Whole World

W1302: Lysander Spooner – Against the Whole World
A man’s natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, or by millions, calling themselves a government. —Lysander Spooner
A man’s natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, or by millions, calling themselves a government. —Lysander SpoonerDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 170KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 85KB
A man’s natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, or by millions, calling themselves a government. —Lysander SpoonerDownload Print Quality (7680×7680) 265KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×3840) 125KB

A man’s natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, or by millions, calling themselves a government. —Lysander Spooner

1299: Walter Williams – Commitment to Liberty

W1299: Walter Williams - Commitment to Liberty
The true test of one’s commitment to liberty and private property rights… comes when we permit people to be free to do those voluntary things with which we disagree. —Walter Williams
The true test of one’s commitment to liberty and private property rights… comes when we permit people to be free to do those voluntary things with which we disagree. —Walter WilliamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 5.62MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 238KB
The true test of one’s commitment to liberty and private property rights… comes when we permit people to be free to do those voluntary things with which we disagree. —Walter WilliamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 7.70MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 323KB

The true test of one’s commitment to liberty and private property rights… comes when we permit people to be free to do those voluntary things with which we disagree. —Walter Williams

1283: Stephan Kinsella – The Consistent Libertarian is an Anarchist

W1283: Stephan Kinsella - The Consistent Libertarian is an Anarchist
Because the state necessarily commits aggression, the consistent libertarian, in opposing aggression, is also an anarchist. —Stephan Kinsella
Because the state necessarily commits aggression, the consistent libertarian, in opposing aggression, is also an anarchist. —Stephan KinsellaDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 5.86MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 253KB
Because the state necessarily commits aggression, the consistent libertarian, in opposing aggression, is also an anarchist. —Stephan KinsellaDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 8.33MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 323KB

Because the state necessarily commits aggression, the consistent libertarian, in opposing aggression, is also an anarchist. —Stephan Kinsella

1267: Walter Williams – The Poor are Getting Richer

W1267: Walter Williams – The Poor are Getting Richer
As early as 2010, 43% of all poor households owned their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage and a porch or patio. Eighty percent of poor households have air conditioning. The typical poor American has more living space than the average non-poor individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens and other cities throughout Europe. Ninety-seven percent of poor households have one or more color televisions — half of which are connected to cable, satellite or a streaming service. Some 82% of poor families have one or more smartphones. Eighty-nine percent own microwave ovens and more than a third have an automatic dishwasher. Most poor families have a car or truck and 43% own two or more vehicles. —Walter Williams
As early as 2010, 43% of all poor households owned their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage and a porch or patio. Eighty percent of poor households have air conditioning. The typical poor American has more living space than the average non-poor individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens and other cities throughout Europe. Ninety-seven percent of poor households have one or more color televisions — half of which are connected to cable, satellite or a streaming service. Some 82% of poor families have one or more smartphones. Eighty-nine percent own microwave ovens and more than a third have an automatic dishwasher. Most poor families have a car or truck and 43% own two or more vehicles. —Walter WilliamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 1.18MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 277KB
As early as 2010, 43% of all poor households owned their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage and a porch or patio. Eighty percent of poor households have air conditioning. The typical poor American has more living space than the average non-poor individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens and other cities throughout Europe. Ninety-seven percent of poor households have one or more color televisions — half of which are connected to cable, satellite or a streaming service. Some 82% of poor families have one or more smartphones. Eighty-nine percent own microwave ovens and more than a third have an automatic dishwasher. Most poor families have a car or truck and 43% own two or more vehicles. —Walter WilliamsDownload Print Quality (6144×7680) 1.31MB  |  Normal Quality (3072×3840) 855KB

As early as 2010, 43% of all poor households owned their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage and a porch or patio. Eighty percent of poor households have air conditioning. The typical poor American has more living space than the average non-poor individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens and other cities throughout Europe. Ninety-seven percent of poor households have one or more color televisions — half of which are connected to cable, satellite or a streaming service. Some 82% of poor families have one or more smartphones. Eighty-nine percent own microwave ovens and more than a third have an automatic dishwasher. Most poor families have a car or truck and 43% own two or more vehicles. —Walter Williams

1256: Ron Paul – Rejection of the Initiation of Violence

W1256: Ron Paul - Rejection of the Initiation of Violence
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. —Ron Paul
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. —Ron PaulDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.34MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 219KB
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. —Ron PaulDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 4.49MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 302KB

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. —Ron Paul