Tag: Politics

  1. STFL #11: Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times.
  2. STFL #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.
  3. STFL #15: Giving a government official a big pile of money is almost always a bad idea. Just kidding. It is always a bad idea.
  4. STFL #17: The belief in basic human goodness has led to many of the greatest evils in history.
  5. STFL #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.
  6. STFL #40: The system of government matters far less than the character of the people being governed.
  7. STFL #50: America is a nation full of people who do not like being told what to do and how to live, but insist on telling other people what to do and how to live.
  8. STFL #53: Liberty is not liberty unless you are free to do things that are unpopular, stupid, and offensive to others.
  9. STFL #56: Unions, factions, and parties exist to bully power out of the hands of individuals.
  10. STFL #70: Whenever Kansas makes headlines, you can expect Kansas expatriates who “love Kansas” to be the first and loudest critics of Kansas.
  11. STFL #77: Just because an action is wrong does not mean there should be a law against.
  12. STFL #83: The wealthiest individuals and largest companies are the ones most able to shrug off regulations and taxes.
  13. STFL #84: Public schools are not a sacrament.
  14. STFL #91: Speed limits are a money-making scam.
  15. STFL #116: Knee-jerk reactions to current events might score political points, but make for terrible policies.
  16. STFL #123: If you want to prevent crime, change your culture, not your laws.
  17. STFL #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.