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Brad is Currently Reading

Brad is currently reading

Black House (The Talisman, #2)

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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Brad’s Quotes

“Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

tags: greatness

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“All rational action is in the first place individual action. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual reasons. Only the individual acts.”
― Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis

tags: individualism

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“I don't trust society to protect us, I have no intention of placing my fate in the hands of men whose only qualification is that they managed to con a block of people to vote for them.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

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“Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”
― David Baldacci, The Camel Club

tags: books, peace, people, reading, world

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“I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.”
― Thomas Jefferson

tags: banks, debt, deficit-spending, government, loans, political-science, politics

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