Jake

“America's elites today, especially progressive ones, often don't realize how judgmental they are. They disdain tacky things, and, not coincidentally, those tacky things--fake tans, big hair, pro wrestling, chrome bull testicles hanging from the back of a big truck--are usually associated with lower-income Americans.”
― Amy Chua, Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations

“A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with muskets; a philosophical battle is a nuclear war.”
― Ayn Rand, Philosophy: Who Needs It

“Uncertainty is the first step toward self-determination,” Plagueis said. “Courage comes next.”
― James Luceno, Darth Plagueis

“There are no 'rights' of special groups, there are no 'rights of farmers, of workers, of businessmen, of employees, of employers, of the young, of the old, of the unborn.' There are only the Rights of Man -- rights possessed by every individual man and by all men as individuals.”
― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism