“You cannot force me to agree with you. You can force me to act as though I agree with you but then you'll have to watch your back. All the time.” ForceWatchesAgree Author:L. Neil Smith
“Just as liberalism is the main force that drives conservatism and maintains its popularity in some quarters, conservatism is the reason liberalism continues to enjoy the traction that it does in our poor civilization.” DoeReasonForceEnjoyPoorCivilizationLiberalismQuartersPopularityConservatismTraction Author:L. Neil Smith
“Possibly worst of all, from the standpoint of the dedicated enemies of freedom, the Internet is a world that libertarians - having been marginalized for three decades by the establishment media - have made their own, almost without effort. It's an alternative reality (unlike 'meat-space' we live in) in which - exactly like intelligence, bravery, or virtue - the human capacity for violence is not additive, and in which it's impossible to initiate force against anybody.” WorldHumansMadeRealityThreeForceSpaceEffortEnemyVirtueViolenceImpossibleWorstMediaInternetCapacityBraveryLibertarianDecadesAlternativesMeatDedicatedEstablishmentStandpointInitiateMarginalizedHuman CapacityAdditives Author:L. Neil Smith
“Government can only do two things: It can beat people up and kill them. Or it can threaten to do so. When it seems to be doing something else - for example, handing out money or, say, surplus cheese - what's actually going on is that something has been taken away from one set of individuals by deadly force or the threat of deadly force, a hefty middleman's fee deducted, and whatever is left thrown to peasants delighted to receive stolen goods.” PeopleHas BeensTwoSeemsGovernmentIndividualLeftForceTakenExampleBeatsThreatTwo ThingsThrownGoodsCheeseStolenPeasantsDelightedFeesSurplusMiddlemenDeadly Force Author:L. Neil Smith
“A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being for any reason whatever; nor will a libertarian advocate the initiation of force, or delegate it to anyone else. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim.” BelieveHumansMayPersonsForceRealizingHuman BeingsLibertyPrinciplesFailingCircumstancesClaimsLibertarianLibertarianismConsistentlyInitiateDelegatesInitiation Author:L. Neil Smith
“People who object to weapons aren't abolishing violence, they're begging for rule by brute force, when the biggest, strongest animals among men were always automatically 'right.' Guns ended that, and social democracy is a hollow farce without an armed populace to make it work.” PeopleMenForceSocialAnimalLibertyDemocracyViolenceObjectsWeaponsGunLibertarianStrongestGun ControlHollowBrutesBeggingFarceBrute ForceSocial DemocracyGuns In America Book:The Probability Broach Source: The Probability Broach
“[N]o one's ever been able to show me any difference between democracy and brute force. It's just a majority ganging up on a minority with the minority giving in to avoid getting massacred.” GivingShowsAbleForceDifferencesDemocracyMajorityTyrannyMinoritiesShow MeBrutesGiving InBrute ForceGanging Up Author:L. Neil Smith
“Imagine how a Teddy Kennedy or a Bill Clinton would take the news that one woman in ten, say, has the power to resist his blandishments by deadly force, and you'll get a perfect idea of how a Charles Schumer or a George Bush feels about armed taxpayers.” FeelsIdeasPoliticsForcePerfectImagineTenNewsBillsClintonTaxpayersOne WomanTeddyDeadly Force Author:L. Neil Smith
