John

“Each American generation neglects to pass on its experience to the next...our talent is for living in the present: that elation is beguiling during spells of relative calm, but each new crisis sends us reeling - because it seems unprecedented, and because what's past has become suspect.”
― Nora Sayre, Running Time: Films of the Cold War

“Those who seek, or have thrust upon them, unearned benefits and privileges do not know that there is a price for every benefit, a collateral required for every loan of artificial compensation. The collateral that must be given up, the price that must be paid is the dignity, honor, and self-respect of the recipient. He or she will never be exposed to the satisfaction of true achievement, and so never become a whole person.”
― William Davis Eaton, Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party Firestorm

“It is a well-known fact that the Black Death was brought into England by lawyers.”
― Alan Bradley, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

“When a population becomes dependent on government for the needs, and even the whims of life, it becomes “infantilized.” In this condition both the rewards for responsible behavior and the penalties for irresponsible behavior have vanished. What follows is a concept of individualism so extreme that each individual is free to invent or adopt his or her own private morality.”
― William Davis Eaton, Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party Firestorm