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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

#any #anyone #ayn #ayn rand #concentrating

If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments. ↗

— John McCarthy

#attitude #his #need #pay #pay attention

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance. ↗

— John McCarthy

#advance #blame #countries #course #failure

Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather devoted to it. ↗

— John McCarthy

#behalf #devoted #ideology #killed #once

Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. ↗

— John McCarthy

#convince #however #rally #rarely #side

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

— John McCarthy

#between #brief #capitalism #countries #feudalism

There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to. ↗

— Kevin McCarthy

#different types #either #get #leader #like

Our government has failed us. From the billion-dollar bailouts to the 'stimulus' package that failed to stimulate to the government takeover of health care, you cried 'Stop!'... but the Democratic Majority in Washington has refused to listen. ↗

— Kevin McCarthy

#care #cried #democratic #failed #government

When I think of the future, I think of my 15 year old son Connor and my 12 year old daughter Meghan. I worry about their future because your kids are as important to you as mine are to me. And I am unwilling to leave our children with so much debt. ↗

— Kevin McCarthy

#am #because #children #connor #daughter

Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#ape #behavior #being #conscious #human