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" Being willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is. "

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" The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers. "

" The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite. "

" The black family survived centuries of slavery and generations of Jim Crow, but it has disintegrated in the wake of the liberals' expansion of the welfare state. "

" Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders. "

" Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. "

" You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing. "

" The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.' "

" Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late. "

" A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas. "

" Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society. "

" Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens. "

" The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. "

" One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them. "

" Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality. "

" A shortage is a sign that somebody is keeping the price artificially lower than it would be if supply and demand were allowed to operate freely. "

" Our schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do. "

" The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites. "

" One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring. "

" The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best. "

" Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated - preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. "

" Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions. "

" Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok? "

" It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong. "

" It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. "

" Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation? "

" Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem. "

" The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department. "

" If you want to get each individual's honest opinion, you don't want that opinion to be influenced by others who are present, much less allow a group to coordinate what they are going to say. "

" If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism. "

" I suspect that even most conservatives would prefer to live in the kind of world conjured up in the liberals' imagination rather than in the kind of world we are in fact stuck with. "