1259: Yeonmi Park – Guns are Very Important to Defend Against Corrupt Governments

Guns are dangerous, crime and accidents happen, but it's very important for people to have the ability to defend themselves from corrupt governments. —Yeonmi ParkDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.06MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 264KB
Guns are dangerous, crime and accidents happen, but it's very important for people to have the ability to defend themselves from corrupt governments. —Yeonmi ParkDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.40MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 317KB

Guns are dangerous, crime and accidents happen, but it’s very important for people to have the ability to defend themselves from corrupt governments. —Yeonmi Park

1254: Yeonmi Park – They Expect Me to Be a Victim

They expect me to be a victim. Well, I'm not a victim, I'm very grateful. There are two things that I'm grateful for — that I was born in North Korea and that I escaped. —Yeonmi ParkDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.89MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 254KB
They expect me to be a victim. Well, I'm not a victim, I'm very grateful. There are two things that I'm grateful for — that I was born in North Korea and that I escaped. —Yeonmi ParkDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 6.39MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 327KB

They expect me to be a victim. Well, I’m not a victim, I’m very grateful. There are two things that I’m grateful for — that I was born in North Korea and that I escaped. —Yeonmi Park

In an interview with Joe Rogan she explains why the mainstream media do not understand her.

1250: Murray Rothbard – War Increases State Power

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society. —Murray RothbardDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.99MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 237KB
It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society. —Murray RothbardDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 4.55MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 344KB

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society. —Murray Rothbard

1240: Yeonmi Park – These Companies Don’t Really Care About Social Justice

All these companies talking about social justice… but they're not talking about North Korea or Hong Kong because they don't want to offend China. They don't care, none of them do, it's all a lie. —Yeonmi ParkDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 5.09MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 215KB
All these companies talking about social justice… but they're not talking about North Korea or Hong Kong because they don't want to offend China. They don't care, none of them do, it's all a lie. —Yeonmi ParkDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 8.58MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 302KB

All these companies talking about social justice… but they’re not talking about North Korea or Hong Kong because they don’t want to offend China. They don’t care, none of them do, it’s all a lie. —Yeonmi Park

1239: H.L. Mencken – Free Spirits in a Cage

There are, to be sure, free spirits in the world, but their freedom, in the last analysis, is not much greater than that of a canary in a cage. They may leap from perch to perch; they may bathe and guzzle at their will; they may flap their wings and sing. But they are still in the cage… Democracy provides swarms of such men. —H.L. MenckenDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.37MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 221KB
There are, to be sure, free spirits in the world, but their freedom, in the last analysis, is not much greater than that of a canary in a cage. They may leap from perch to perch; they may bathe and guzzle at their will; they may flap their wings and sing. But they are still in the cage… Democracy provides swarms of such men. —H.L. MenckenDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.17MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 278KB

There are, to be sure, free spirits in the world, but their freedom, in the last analysis, is not much greater than that of a canary in a cage. They may leap from perch to perch; they may bathe and guzzle at their will; they may flap their wings and sing. But they are still in the cage… Democracy provides swarms of such men. —H.L. Mencken

1237: Walter Williams – Legality Does Not Justify Crimes

How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does legality establish morality? Slavery was legal; apartheid is legal; Stalinist, Nazi, and Maoist purges were legal. Clearly, the fact of legality does not justify these crimes. Legality, alone, cannot be the talisman of moral people. —Walter WilliamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.41MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 238KB
How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does legality establish morality? Slavery was legal; apartheid is legal; Stalinist, Nazi, and Maoist purges were legal. Clearly, the fact of legality does not justify these crimes. Legality, alone, cannot be the talisman of moral people. —Walter WilliamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.18MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 298KB

How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does legality establish morality? Slavery was legal; apartheid is legal; Stalinist, Nazi, and Maoist purges were legal. Clearly, the fact of legality does not justify these crimes. Legality, alone, cannot be the talisman of moral people. —Walter Williams

1235: Walter Williams – Draw a Line in the Sand

If we care about our remaining liberties we must at some point draw a line in the sand and let politicians and bureaucrats know we will not tolerate further encroachment on our liberty. —Walter WilliamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.74MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 247KB
If we care about our remaining liberties we must at some point draw a line in the sand and let politicians and bureaucrats know we will not tolerate further encroachment on our liberty. —Walter WilliamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 10.20MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 335KB

If we care about our remaining liberties we must at some point draw a line in the sand and let politicians and bureaucrats know we will not tolerate further encroachment on our liberty. —Walter Williams

1234: Ludwig von Mises – Attempts to Coerce Human Beings Must Fail

All attempts to coerce the living will of human beings into the service of something they do not want must fail. —Ludwig von Mises

1213: Michael Malice – The Illusion of Choice

People will say with a straight face that having one choice for dear leader is tyranny – but having two is freedom. ―Michael MaliceDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.16MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 201KB
People will say with a straight face that having one choice for dear leader is tyranny – but having two is freedom. ―Michael MaliceDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.90MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 284KB

People will say with a straight face that having one choice for dear leader is tyranny – but having two is freedom. ―Michael Malice

1209: Frederick Douglass – Freedom of Speech is the Dread of Tyrants

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. —Frederick DouglassDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.34MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 212KB
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. —Frederick DouglassDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.39MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 280KB

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. —Frederick Douglass