Sterling’s Truths for Life: politics
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Sterling’s Truths for Life #11: Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #14: There are two classic blunders: (1) Never get involved in a land war in Asia. (2) Never get into an argument with a Sicilian when death is on the line.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #15: Giving a government official a big pile of money is almost always a bad idea. Just kidding. It is always a bad idea.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #17: The belief in basic human goodness has led to many of the greatest evils in history.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #31: What do you call a huge publicly-owned monopoly run by greedy, power-hungry shareholders, which can change the rules of the marketplace at will and force consumers to buy at the point of a gun? Democratic government.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #40: The system of government matters far less than the character of the people being governed.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #41: Marriage is between a man and a woman.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #56: Unions, factions, and parties exist to bully power out of the hands of individuals.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #83: The wealthiest individuals and largest companies are the ones most able to shrug off regulations and taxes.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #84: Public schools are not a sacrament.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #91: Speed limits are a money-making scam.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #116: Knee-jerk reactions to current events might score political points, but make for terrible policies.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #123: If you want to prevent crime, change your culture, not your laws.
Sterling’s Truths for Life #129: The simplest way to explain the behavior of any bureaucratic organization is to assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its enemies.