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Tag: Winston Churchill

(1874-1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Argument against democracy

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Author Greg RavenPosted on May 26, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories democracyTags Winston Churchill

Capitalism vs. socialism

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.

Author Greg RavenPosted on April 4, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories socialismTags Winston Churchill

Taxation for prosperity

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

Author Greg RavenPosted on April 4, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories taxationTags Winston Churchill

Idealism

No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.

Author Greg RavenPosted on April 4, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories intoleranceTags Winston Churchill

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“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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