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" A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest. "

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" Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different. "

" He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense. "

" A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot. "

" It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into. "

" Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking. "

" Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists. "

" Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. "

" An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth. "

" Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions. "

" Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig. "

" Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats. "

" The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'. "

" Hardly anyone has noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere people stir their drinks counterclockwise, whereas the same people stir their drinks clockwise when visiting the Southern Hemisphere. "

" Language is froth on the surface of thought. "

" The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement. "

" With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish. "

" The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'. "

" We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries. "

" Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf. "

" Inside of many liberals is a fascist struggling to get out. "

" If I owned Marseilles and Hell, I'd rent out Marseilles and live in Hell. "

" If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments. "

" An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice. "

" My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling. "

" Compassion is contempt with a human face. "

" Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor. "

" Don't try to talk anyone out of concentrating his hatred on Ayn Rand or any other dead person. It can't harm the dead. Diverted to a living person, it might actually do harm. "

" Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives. "