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In human history, the desire ...

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated.

John McCarthy 42 quotes

Don't try to talk anyone out ...

Don't try to talk anyone out of concentrating his hatred on Ayn Rand or any other dead person. It can't harm the dead. Diverted to a living person, it might actually do harm.

John McCarthy 42 quotes

If I owned Marseilles and Hel...

If I owned Marseilles and Hell, I'd rent out Marseilles and live in Hell.

John McCarthy 42 quotes

The difference between a cont...

The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'.

John McCarthy 42 quotes

With no more than six levels ...

With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish.

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An extreme optimist is a man ...

An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice.

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Asking a critic to name his f...

Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig.

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Foolishness is rarely a matte...

Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.

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The slogan was 'Don't trust a...

The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'.

John McCarthy 42 quotes

Alas few socialists are eithe...

Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for money.

John McCarthy 42 quotes

We modern Marxists regard soc...

We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries.

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Never abandon a theory that e...

Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.

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His ambition is to be the spi...

His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web.

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Honor among thieves is the an...

Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor.

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Both politicians and journali...

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.

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Hardly anyone has noticed tha...

Hardly anyone has noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere people stir their drinks counterclockwise, whereas the same people stir their drinks clockwise when visiting the Southern Hemisphere.

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Language is froth on the surf...

Language is froth on the surface of thought.

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There is only one thing more ...

There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them.

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The peace movement is a great...

The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement.

John McCarthy 42 quotes

Amateur bureaucrats are often...

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats.

John McCarthy 42 quotes

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