U.S. downgraded from full democracy to flawed one by new academic study
Feb 26, 2017 20:12:52 #
Feb 26, 2017 20:16:35 #
norte wrote:
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Evil can only triumph when good men do nothing---Edmund Burke.
Dante reserved that part just inside the gates of hell for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis, meaning neither heaven nor hell would have them.
Feb 26, 2017 20:18:53 #
It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
Feb 26, 2017 20:20:50 #
norte wrote:
It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
Okay, I give up. You win. I just read that somewhere; is it pro- or anti- Socialist.
One more quote and I'm outa here.
Feb 26, 2017 20:27:25 #
Feb 26, 2017 20:29:38 #
norte wrote:
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.
Okay, I'm outa here.
Feb 26, 2017 20:42:52 #
norte wrote:
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.
The second law of thermodynamics states that the total entropy of an isolated system always increases over time, or remains constant in ideal cases where the system is in a steady state or undergoing a reversible process. The increase in entropy accounts for the irreversibility of natural processes, and the asymmetry between future and past.
Feb 26, 2017 20:46:51 #
Feb 26, 2017 21:05:34 #
HedgeHog wrote:
Evil can only triumph when good men do nothing---Edmund Burke.
Dante reserved that part just inside the gates of hell for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis, meaning neither heaven nor hell would have them.
Dante reserved that part just inside the gates of hell for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis, meaning neither heaven nor hell would have them.
Moderates and neutral angels bitten by flies and wasps and having their blood and tears eaten by worms. Interestingly I can't find the concept of neutral angels in the Bible.
Feb 26, 2017 21:17:36 #
Libertarians believe the answer to America's political problems is the same commitment to freedom that earned America its greatness: a free-market economy and the abundance and prosperity it brings; a dedication to civil liberties and personal freedom that marks this country above all others; and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade as prescribed by America's founders.
Feb 26, 2017 21:50:48 #
norte wrote:
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
See above:
Feb 26, 2017 22:09:22 #
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