Charley Reese Quotes

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• If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.

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  Jealousy, Hate, Envy

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• Credibility, like virginity, can only be lost once and never recovered.

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  Lost, Credibility, Virginity

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• Here's your enemy for this week, the government says. And some gullible Americans click their heels and salute - often without knowing who or even where the enemy of the week is.

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  Government, Knowing, Libertarian Party

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• If Americans wish to preserve a country they will recognize, then the first step is to recognize the enemy. Public education is the enemy. The entertainment industry is the enemy. The corporate culture is the enemy. The advertising industry is the enemy. And most of the politicians in both parties are the enemy. An enemy is defined as anybody, or any organization, which is attacking the traditional beliefs of Americans.

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  Country, Party, Organization

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• Our Founding Fathers were proud that Americans were trusted with arms because they knew that only when people are armed could they truly be thought of as free citizens. And that's where the circle closes. Those who want to deprive you of your right to keep and bear arms are intending to deprive you of your freedom, period. Like the criminals their policies encourage, these elitists know that it is always best to disarm victims before you enslave them.

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  Father, Circles, People

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• Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

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  People, Campaigns, World

  "A Wise Man’s View of Washington Still Rings True" by Diane Dimond, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 18, 2013.

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• The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

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  Peace, War, Truth Is

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• Unless they can pass the same test that immigrants must pass to become citizens, people shouldnt be allowed to vote. The idea that there is some public benefit in ignoramuses and morons pulling levers next to names on a ballot is one of the evil myths of post-modern America. The purpose of voting, in our country, is to select men and women with the competence and integrity to operate the mechanics of government fixed by our Constitution. For this process to have any public benefit requires that the choices be made on an intelligent, knowledgeable and reasoned basis.

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  Country, Integrity, Men

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• Gun-control has always been an elitist method of controlling the common.

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  Gun, Common, Method

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• Washington, of course, aside from being one of the most mismanaged, crime-ridden cities on the planet, is a place where 535 federal legislators and about 38,000 lobbyists work at confiscating and redistributing the incomes of the American people.

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  Government, Cities, People

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• American tyranny has come gradually, like a slow rising river. Each of us does not realize the danger until the water comes to our door. Until then, it is merely someone elses problem and a problem that we fool ourselves into thinking won't reach us.

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  Thinking, Doors, Rivers

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• Don't live beyond your means. Don't buy more than you can pay for. Don't expect to get rich quick. And don't confuse salesmen for friends or advisers.

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  Mean, Pay, Rich

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• Reason and truth have rarely prevailed against demagoguery when the audience is too ignorant to tell the difference.

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  Differences, Ignorant, Reason

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• Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous people. A frugal government requires a self-reliant people. A free country requires people who value liberty more than money.

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  Country, Government, Self

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• If you believe in the right to life, then you must believe in the right to have the means to defend that life.

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  Believe, Mean, Gun

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• There's no dishonor in being forced by a superior power into slavery, but it is an eternal disgrace to voluntarily surrender one's liberty for a filthy bowl of oatmeal and promise of security by liars.

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  Liars, Oatmeal, Promise

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• Given the low level of competence among politicians, every American should become a libertarian. The government that governs least is certainly the best choice when fools, opportunists and grafters run it. When power is for sale, then the government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.

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  Running, Government, Choices

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• If you look at Washington, you see permanently camped on the banks of the Potomac spread around in concentric circles an army representing thousands of selfish interests. The sole purpose of their presence is to plunder, by hook or crook, the public treasury for the benefit of their particular people or corporations.

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  Selfish, Army, Circles

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• A nation dies culturally and spiritually first. Its money and its army are the last to go, but go they do once the light goes out in the nation's soul.

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  Army, Light, Soul

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• Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral framework it will produce an unjust society.

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  Math, Unjust Society, Moral

  "Is Economics All There Is?" by Charley Reese, July 18, 2003.

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• Some lawyers and judges may have forgotten it, but the purpose of the court system is to produce justice, not slavish obedience to the law.

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  Law, Justice, Judging

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• Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible.

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  Government, Tasks, Matter

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• Crime is a human behavior problem, not a mechanical problem. Furthermore, if firearms were not very useful for self-defense, then police wouldn't carry them. In a free country, if the government can go armed, so should the citizens, if they so choose.

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  Country, Gun, Government

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• Americans who value freedom had better be more concerned about the gun control crowd than the criminals. The criminals want your money. The Neo-Totalitarians want your freedom.

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  Gun, Criminals, Crowds

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• Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and high taxes.

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  Men, Aggravation, Want

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