“I do not think it would be appropriate to use official party resources such as the DNC website on behalf of organizations whose purpose is to reverse the current platform and/or to enact legislation that contradicts that platform.” ThinkingUseWould BePurposePartyResourcesOrganizationCurrentsOfficialsContradictionAppropriatePlatformsReverseLegislationBehalfWebsite Author:Terry McAuliffe
“Government spending either is completely wasteful, merely transfers income, purchases an intermediate rather than a final good, or purchases valuable final services whose value cannot be ascertained because the transaction is not made by private parties exchanging their own resources in a market setting.” MadeGovernmentValuesPartyResourcesFinalsValuableSpendingIncomeSettingSettingsTransfersTransactionsGovernment SpendingExchangingPrivate Parts Author:Robert Higgs
“The basis of self-ownership is the fact that each person has direct control over the scarce resource of his body and therefore has a better claim to it than any third party (and any third party seeking to dispute my self-ownership must presuppose the principle of self-ownership in the first place since he is acting as a self-owner).” FirstsPersonsSelfFactsBodyPartyActingPrinciplesResourcesDirectThirdsBasesClaimsSeekingOwnersOwnershipDisputesScarceThird PartiesScarce ResourcesSelf Ownership Author:Stephan Kinsella
“Politics is a damn expensive business. I had one hell of a time trying to raise money as a candidate. I had to put a second mortgage on our house to get that campaign started, and I ended up spending over $300,000 to get elected. I believe that public financing of federal election campaigns is the only thing that will insure good candidates and save the two-party system. It is the most degrading thing in the world to go out with your hat in your hand and beg for money, but that's what you have to do if you haven't got your own resources.” IfsWorldTryingBelieveTwoHandsHouseI BelievePartyHellHavensResourcesRaisesElectionSpendingCampaignsDamnCandidatesExpensiveHatsMortgageDegradingFinancingTwo Party System Author:Joe Biden
“I think it wasn't so much that the White House altered me in any essential way as that I found the resources with which to respond to a series of challenges. You never know what you can do until you have to do it. In the beginning, it was like going to a party you're terrified of, and finding out to your amazement that you're having a good time.” ThinkingKnowsWayFoundHouseCan DoChallengesWhitePartyEssentialsFindingsResourcesSeriesGood TimesWhite HouseTerrifiedHaving A Good TimeAlteredAmazement Book:The times of my life Source: The times of my life
“Our nation, which possesses greater resources than any other, is rent, from center to circumference, with party strife, political intrigues, and sectional interest; our counselors are panic stricken, our legislators are astonished, and our senators are confounded.” PoliticalNationsInterestPartyGreaterResourcesPanicSenatorsStrifeIntrigueLegislatorsCounselor Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.