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Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#anarchist #politics #experience

My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you? ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#cares #catch #door #else #fire

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#argument #congressman #essentially #idea #industry

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#attempt #end #enterprises #great #level

According to the Small Business Administration, more than 70 percent of all family businesses do not survive through the second generation, and 8 percent do not make it to a third. ↗

— Kit Bond

#administration #business #businesses #family #generation

Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else. ↗

— Julian Bond

#black #capable #else #racism #reporters

The war in Iraq has as much to do with terrorism as the administration has to do with compassion. ↗

— Julian Bond

#compassion #iraq #much #terrorism #war

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#deceit #deception #fable #fake #false

The death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses. ↗

— Kit Bond

#causes #death #death tax #dissolution #leading

Terrorism is contempt for human dignity. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#dignity #human #human dignity #terrorism