John McCarthy

Hard distinctions make bad philosophy. ↗

— John McCarthy

#distinctions #hard #make #philosophy

Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor. ↗

— John McCarthy

#honor #thieves

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

— John McCarthy

#been #closely #desire #history #human

Inside of many liberals is a fascist struggling to get out. ↗

— John McCarthy

#get #inside #liberals #many #out

Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking. ↗

— John McCarthy

#more #more people #people #smoking #than

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. ↗

— John McCarthy

#forget #forgetting #get #harmful #made

When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising. ↗

— John McCarthy

#meet #nature #political #surprising #thugs

A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest. ↗

— John McCarthy

#experiences #institution #often #survival

A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot. ↗

— John McCarthy

#being #book #convinced #intellectual #likely

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

— John McCarthy

#foolishness #information #intelligence #lack #matter