Michael Z. Williamson > Quotes

“Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.” —Ludwig Von Mises”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“But evidence is all around you.” “The world is all around me. Some parts I understand, some I don’t. Some the scientists do, some they don’t. It exists. That only proves it exists.” “I don’t understand how you can look at the world and say there’s no God.” “And I don’t know how you can look at the world and pretend you know there’s a God and what he wants. So we’re even.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, A Long Time Until Now

“There are some members with rather derogatory attitudes about everything from race to religion, but the free-speech atmosphere is refreshing. The whole point of free speech is to be able to make comments that others might find offensive.
Though I do wish some of them were more intelligently made.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Tour of Duty: Stories and Provocations

“All warfare is based on deception.” —Sun Tzu Not”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“The basis of the system is maximum individual freedom and mutual trust between governors and governed. The UN is an authoritarian system, assuming ill intentions of all and holding the threat of punitive action as a means of control.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“They can stop their government any time they wish, simply through brute force or civil disobedience. No tyrant ever rules without the consent of the ruled. They are guilty by their inaction. “And”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“It’s my property and a gift from the Lord. Why should I pay tax on it?”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“So let me get this straight,” Dak was trying desperately but successfully to avoid hysterical laughter at his guest’s discomfort. “In exchange for taxing the property the Lord gave me to clear and use and taking a whopping chunk of my income from said property, and dictating what I grow, how I grow it, what equipment to use, and how to wipe my nose most likely, you’ll grant me a ‘free’ loan at interest to buy the equipment I wouldn’t need without your regulations? And I’ll have to spend an extra four divs a week, unpaid, doing bookkeeping to prove it to you?” “Uh, put that way it sounds stupid,” she said. “Of course it’s stupid!” Dak replied.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“If a man neglects to enforce his rights, he cannot complain if, after a while, the law follows his example.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“I would never have to work again. I could travel where I wanted, work if and when I wanted, and be completely free. If I survived.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Angeleyes

“Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer." —Ludwig Von Mises”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you . . .” —Leviticus 19:33-34”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“They cannot see that our sociological assumption is that such systems must not be allowed to exist, no matter the real or perceived benefits. They are continuing to attempt to fix what we consider unfixable and have abandoned.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“Home is not where you live, but where they understand you.” —Christian Morgenstern “Call”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“An Ambassadore is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country, a news writer is a man of no virtue who lies at home for himself.” —Sir Henry Wotton”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“Now I want you to consider: any legal adult here can do anything he wishes with the only restriction being that no one else gets hurt.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“A fusing reactor would just make this so much more interesting.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Tour of Duty: Stories and Provocations

“No licenses? But how do you keep out bad entertainers and merchandise?” “Hey, bad ones have to learn somewhere. And shoddy merch gets noticed pretty quickly.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“Knavery and flattery are blood relations.” —Abraham Lincoln”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“It doesn’t require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires to people’s minds.” —Samuel Adams Naumann”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“I don’t get it,” she said. “No rules on anything, and this is the cleanest park I’ve ever seen. How?” “People care enough to maintain it,” he explained as they went outside again, “and any vandalism is gone in less than a day, at the vandal’s expense if he’s found, so there is a real motivation against damaging things.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“She was learning at breakneck speed that the price of freedom was responsibility.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“The limitation of tyrants is the endurance of those they oppose.” —Frederick Douglass”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property . . . Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.” —Thomas Paine”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“Both sides think they are about to lose. They are both correct.” —Old military proverb”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“War does not determine who is right. War determines who is left.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“The Good Lord doesn’t allow taxation of His workers and you must respect that.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“I have some bad news for you, Kendra,” Wuu said. Kendra looked up to meet her eyes. “You’re civilized.” The”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“War does not determine who is right, but who is left.” —old military proverb Caledonia”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold

“You won’t be taken seriously if you are too cheap,” Marta had explained. “And the people who need your service will pay without a twitch. You can haggle slightly if someone is desperate or just needs a quick question.”
― Michael Z. Williamson, Freehold