Lincoln Emancipated Nobody. The Man Freed Not

Government Can Only Do Two Things: It Can Beat People Up And Kill Them. Or It Can Threaten To Do So. When It Seems To Be Doing Something Else - For Example, Handing Out Money Or, Say, Surplus Cheese - What's Actually Going On Is That Something Has Been Taken Away From One Set Of Individuals By Deadly Force Or The Threat Of Deadly Force, A Hefty Middleman's Fee Deducted, And Whatever Is Left Thrown To Peasants Delighted To Receive Stolen Goods.

Once You've Taken A Public Stand You Know Is Right, Never Back Down; Anything Less Than A Rock-hard Stance Will Let Your Enemies Nibble You To Death.

We Live In Times Of Wonderful Technology And Crappy Politics. The Task Before Us Now Is Not To Let The Latter Destroy The Former.

Few Things Are More Laughably Pitiable Than Authority Once It Has Been Successfully Defied.

Never Forget, Even For An Instant, That The One And Only Reason Anybody Has For Taking Your Gun Away Is To Make You Weaker Than He Is, So He Can Do Something To You That You Wouldn't Allow Him To Do If You Were Equipped To Prevent It. This Goes For Burglars, Muggers, And Rapists, And Even More So For Policemen, Bureaucrats, And Politicians.