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Disinformation

Every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered … History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.

Author Greg RavenPosted on May 10, 2022May 10, 2022Categories corruption, demagogues, evil, government, liberalismTags George Orwell

Chimeras

The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them.

Author Greg RavenPosted on September 3, 2021Categories demagoguesTags Gustave Le Bon

Take action for liberty

When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable nature of politics.

Author Greg RavenPosted on February 26, 2021Categories demagogues, libertyTags Ron Paul

Empty promises

History has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled.

Author Greg RavenPosted on February 26, 2021February 26, 2021Categories demagoguesTags Ron Paul

Freedom from coercion

Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more government action or less.

Author Greg RavenPosted on February 26, 2021Categories demagogues, government, libertyTags Ron Paul

The squeaky wheels

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

Author Greg RavenPosted on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021Categories demagoguesTags Edmund Burke

The best argument for small government

The United States was supposed to have a limited government because the founders knew government power attracts demagogues and despots as surely as horse manure attracts horseflies.

Author Greg RavenPosted on November 16, 2020Categories demagoguesTags Rick Gaber

Beware the cure

Most of the problems of this country are not nearly as bad as the “solutions” — especially the solutions that politicians come up with during election years.

Author Greg RavenPosted on October 29, 2020Categories demagoguesTags Thomas Sowell

Helping themselves

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. People with careers as ethnic leaders usually tell their followers what they want to hear.

Author Greg RavenPosted on June 20, 2020Categories demagogues, raceTags Thomas Sowell

How demagogues work

Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who ‘speak truth to power,’ but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power.

Author Greg RavenPosted on May 18, 2020Categories demagoguesTags Thomas Sowell

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