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

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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'. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives. "

" Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Hard distinctions make bad philosophy. "

" Compassion is contempt with a human face. "

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

" Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for money. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker. "

" Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Language is froth on the surface of thought. "

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

" When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising. "