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" 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'. "

John McCarthy

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

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

" When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace. "

" 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. "

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

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

" There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them. "

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

" Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives. "

" 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. "

" In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather devoted to it. "

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

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

" 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. "