Liberty is an inherently offensive lifestyle. Living in a free society guarantees that each one of us will see our most cherished principles and beliefs questioned and in some cases mocked. That psychic discomfort is the price we pay for basic civic peace. It's worth it. It's a pragmatic principle. Defend everyone else's rights, because if you don't there is no one to defend yours. - MaxedOutMama

I don't just want gun rights... I want individual liberty, a culture of self-reliance....I want the whole bloody thing. Kim du Toit

The most glaring example of the cognitive dissonance on the left is the concept that human beings are inherently good, yet at the same time cannot be trusted with any kind of weapon, unless the magic fairy dust of government authority gets sprinkled upon them. Moshe Ben-David

Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Quote of the Day - Human Transformation Edition

It is only those who hope to transform human beings who end up by burning them, like the waste product of a failed experiment. – Christopher Hitchens
See What We Got Here Is ... Failure to Communicate for more on this concept.  See also this previous QotD and this one. 
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