“Whenever there is in any country, uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for man to labour and live on. If, for the encouragement of industry we allow it to be appropriated, we must take care that other employment be furnished to those excluded from the appropriation. If we do not the fundamental right to labour the earth returns to the unemployed.”
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“I would have preferred whiskey. There’s nothing like its bold flavor and strong burn to remind you that you’re alive. And then quickly dull that feeling.”
― Everybody Lies
― Everybody Lies
“To fear death, then, is foolish, since death is the final and complete annihilation of personal identity, the ultimate release from anxiety and pain.”
― On the Nature of Things
― On the Nature of Things
“in a democracy someone is setting the guidelines for everyone else. Elitist rule is inevitable.”
― The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
― The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
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