“When incentive to acquire and obtain property is gone, people no longer make efforts to acquire any... Those who infringe upon property rights commit an injustice... If this occurs repeatedly, all incentives to cultural enterprise are destroyed and they cease utterly to make an effort. This leads to destruction and ruin of civilization.” PeopleIfsWisdomPoliticsEffortEconomyGoneRightsCivilizationDestructionPropertyInjusticeCeaseCommitDestroyedRuinsLiberalismAcquireEnterpriseIncentivesProperty Rights Author:Ibn Khaldun
“In battle, combatants engaged in war against America get no due process and may lawfully be killed. But citizens not in a battlefield - however despicable - are guaranteed a trial by our Constitution. No one argues that Americans who commit treason shouldn't be punished. The maximum penalty for treason is death. But the Constitution specifies the process necessary to convict.” MayWarRealityAmericaFatherPoliticsProcessCommunityJusticeHistoryTechnologyDemocracyViolenceGenerationsPolicyCitizensBattleEqualEthicsConstitutionHuman RightsTerrorismDuesArguingTrialsCommitIdeologyEngagedFree SpeechPenaltiesMaximumEqual RightsDeath PenaltyBattlefieldsTreasonDespicableConvictsDue Process Author:Rand Paul
“But that's not how most of the people mentioned in this book became wealthy. Most of them became wealthy by being well connected and crooked. And they are creating a society in which they can commit hugely damaging economic crimes with impunity, and in which only children of the wealthy have the opportunity to become successful.” PeopleWellsChildrenBookPoliticalOpportunityPoliticsSuccessfulEconomicCrimeCreatingConnectedCommitWealthyCrookedImpunityOnly ChildBecoming Successful Book:Inside Job: The Financiers Who Pulled Off the Heist of the Century Source: Inside Job: The Financiers Who Pulled Off the Heist of the Century
“It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.” MindHumansEnoughBodyPoliticalPoliticsWillingActivityTasksCommitArenaHuman Activity Book:RFK: collected speeches Source: RFK: collected speeches
“For whoever conquers a free Town, and does not demolish it, commits a great Error, and may expect to be ruin 'd himself.” MayDoeWarPoliticsTownsErrorsCommitConquerRuinedUprisingMedieval WarDemolish Author:Niccolo Machiavelli