Assassin Quotes

“As Nathan Rothschild had commented, “I care not what puppet is placed upon the throne of England to rule the empire on which the sun never sets. The man who controls the British money supply controls the British Empire, and I control the British money supply.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“Most people don’t think, they feel. They don’t deal in logical ideas; they’re ruled by their emotions.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“I’m talking about the few people who are sincere thinkers who believe in what America was supposed to be but no longer is.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“The reason Western civilization succeeded, and why it’s the only civilization worthy of the name, is that it was based on the concepts of natural law, what the English codified into their Common Law. It’s the basis of my contribution to your Paladin Network white paper. “The problem is that today’s world has lost much of that. I’m not a big fan of Christianity—whatever it is, there are so many varieties—but it provided a moral foundation. That’s all being washed away by identity politics, socialism, greenism, and all that blather. The Chinese have got their social-credit system as a substitute, but that just facilitates a police state.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“I don’t judge people because of what they have. I judge them because of what they are—their essence, not their position. What they do usually gives you an indication of who they are. Those are the three most important verbs in any language—be, do, and have.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“Initiation of force is not only morally acceptable to the progressive mind, but their default way to accomplish almost anything they do. Even more than the Republicans, the Democrats believe using violence is fine, as long as you do it through government.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“This country used to be unique, but it’s become too corrupt, too degraded. Too much like every other country. I’m afraid it’s past the point of no return. It’s turning into a police state on the road to perdition.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“When you’re faced with an enemy, you have several options. You can submit and hope to placate him. You can try to tip-toe around and hope he doesn’t see you. You can do nothing, and hope he leaves you alone. You can run away and hope he doesn’t pursue. Or … you can attack.” Charles raised his glass again. “I’m not a big believer in hope.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“There were essentially two kinds of people: those who believed in voluntarism, and those who believed in coercion. Those who believed in coercion inevitably gravitated toward the State—which operated on coercion.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“A liberal was no longer an individualist who believed in free minds and free markets, but instead a statist who believed everything could be and should be controlled by means of sufficient political force.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“Charles thought emotions should complement rationality, not supersede it.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“The conspirators had an impossible dream about restoring the Republic. It wasn’t as if the people really cared whether Caesar was a dictator. Sulla had been one before him, and Augustus was one after him. All they really cared about was free food, free entertainment, and an orderly society—just like today once you strip away the propaganda about democracy”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“Dr. Josef Mengele, Dr. Moreaux, or Dr. Hannibal Lecter as”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“herpetophobiac”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“Gibbon’s Decline and Fall,”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“Meyer Lansky’s and Bugsy Siegel’s Murder, Inc.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“aiguillettes de canard.”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“Eric Hoffer,”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“praetorian”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“Hatfields”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“H.L. Mencken’s”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“The Catiline conspiracy”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin

“Gracchi brothers”
― Douglas R. Casey, Assassin