The herd mentality (responsibility to the whole) along with all autocracies are threatened by the free and noble individual. -- Mike, Norwalk
-- Anonymous, Reston, VA US
I suggest the book "Atlas Shrugged" as an example of this. -- Joe, Rochester, MI
I've always liked the "Sage of Baltimore"!!!! -- charles Saunders/csaunders61@yahoo.com, st. petersburg,fla./U.S.A.
Only a "well-disposed, industrious and decent" man would know this. ;-) -- E Archer, NYC
Well, he did not stutter, did he. I wish he were wrong. After all, someone is going to run things, and that someone (or those ones) should have the general good at the center of their plans. The state is bad when the statesmen are bad. The state is corrupt when those running it are corrupt. But there will be a state, as long as men run things. -- David L. Rosenthal, Hollywood
So if you are a decent man then it follows that you are an enemy of the state. Stands to reason given the state we now have. -- J Carlton, Calgary
And Joe, don't forget "The Fountainhead" and Animal Farm!" -- cal, lewisville, tx
And Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty Four." Been to an airport lately? -- J Carlton, Calgary
Reston, don't be late for the Party meeting on Friday. Those commies get real testy when Party members are late. -- jim k, austin
LOL, good to know that the above parties seem to be of the opinion that the founding fathers of the United States were (by inference) NOT well-disposed, industrious and decent men and that they (by inference) created a state that was evil from its very beginnings... I think it is pretty clear here that the above parties are pretty much uniformly opposed to America and American values... -- Anonymous, Reston, VA, US
"uniformly opposed to America and American values..."
Which are? Democracy? Socialism? American values have been lost for a long time...the above posters just want them back. -- J Carlton, Calgary
Guys, lets not get personal, there's already to much hate in the world. On reflection the statement is dumb (though I will give it two stars for its intention) "well-disposed" (to what), "industrious" (today we have no industry except the war machine), "decent men", there's no such thing as decent men - sorry, there may be a decent man or two. And for the ladies out there, don't worry male chauvinism was rampant in those days - hence Pankhurst and the Suffragette's - it's hard to believe that less than a hundred years ago women were not allowed to vote and then at last when they were they had to be 30 and over. Another Liberal victory - many more followed especially when she experience the workhouse's where 7 year old girls and pregnant women were slaves. -- RBESRQ
Those who have nothing to do but to fight "the state" are neither well disposed or industrious and I will refraing on casting an opinion on their man hood. Taking this guy to heart then Washington, Jefferson and all of the rest of the men who have served the so called "state" are enemies. I suggest that those who are obsessed with the so called "state" are that way not because of the size or strenght of the state but because of their own small stature. -- Waffler, Smith
Waffler...you cast stones and have no backbone of your own to back it up. You are the embodiment of a well trained statist.
The rest of us are opposed to leviathan and its sickening creep into every aspect of our lives...our busy industious lives which are very much hampered by the state you so love. And Washington and Jefferson were advocates of a restrained government....the opposite of what you advocate, so there is no comparison there either. When will you make sense? -- J Carlton, Calgary
-- Mike, Norwalk
-- Anonymous, Reston, VA US
-- RBESRQ
