Theodore J. Forstmann quotes
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“In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk. Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.”
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“[Statists] believe that government should make decisions for individuals. Since individuals usually prefer to make their own decisions, coercion and compulsion become necessary correctives.”
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“The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.”
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“The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks.”
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“Once I decide to do something, I want to win in the worst way. I will do anything within the law to win.”
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“I hope that by joining The Giving Pledge, it will encourage others to do the same.”
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“We have entered an Orwellian era in which entitlement replaces responsibility, coercion is described as compassion, compulsory redistribution is called sharing, race quotas substitute for diversity, and suicide is prescribed as 'death with dignity.' Political discourse has become completely corrupted. The reason is that if you tell people directly that you want to raise their taxes, transfer their wealth, count them by skin color, or let doctors kill them, most will object. Statists know this and therefore are obliged to obfuscate.”
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“What does it mean when Republicans and Democrats alike warn us about the 'pain' involved in cutting government spending - in their spending less of our money? For the average citizen, what pain is there in his keeping more of his money to invest it the way he wants? Taxes cost people. Tax cuts do not cost government.”
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“True meditation is letting go of manipulating our experience.”
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Source : Source: collider.com
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“When you let go of the egoic self what you're getting in exchange is the whole universe.”
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“The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.”
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“I've never needed government to hold my hand.”
Source : Song: Country Boy, Album: Town Line, 2011
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