#eric

I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy. ↗

#american foreign policy #bad #fingers #foreign #foreign policy

In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a relatively free and peaceful country. No income tax, no foreign wars, no welfare state, no intrusions on civil liberties. ↗

— Harry Browne

#civil #civil liberties #country #existence #foreign

The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world. ↗

— Harry Browne

#any #become #better #bill #bill of rights

Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous. ↗

— Harry Browne

#become #being #empire #i #ridiculous

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#composers #france #had #hard #hard time

The prevailing ideology of the modern west - which is political economy - is in the doghouse. Having failed to notice atmospheric pollution, the economists then frightened themselves with the sort of financial crisis they said they had abolished. ↗

— James Buchan

#crisis #economists #economy #failed #financial

I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know. ↗

— Redd Foxx

#convinced #i #know #lot #middle-class

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#closed #open #want #world

The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend. ↗

— George W. Bush

#america #building #fighting #free #friend

The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom. ↗