Vox

Musings, rants, rambling, general nonsense

Random Fortune

Every day there is sad news, but each day itself is glad news.   ✏

Quote of the Day – Ideology Edition

I was at a bar on Friday night, and I got talking to a woman who was very strongly Democratic, and very supportive of the health care bill. When I raised all of my standard objections with her, she said, “I know, but we have to do something.” I didn’t say this at the time, […]

Quote of the Day – Self Determination Edition

The care of every man’s soul belongs to himself. But what if he neglect the care of it? Well what if he neglect the care of his health or his estate, which would more nearly relate to the state. Will the magistrate make a law that he not be poor or sick? Laws provide against […]

Quote of the Day – Personal Responsibility Edition

Was reminded recently of this post by Mark P Shea which makes an excellent, yet simple, point: As Chesterton said long ago, when you get rid of the Big Laws, you don’t get freedom. You don’t even get anarchy. You get the small laws. Many, many, many small laws. ✏

Quote of the Day – Enlightenment Edition

“Most of the conservatives I know, including myself, started out somewhere else on the political spectrum, and evolved through time and knowledge and experience. I personally do not know a single case of an individual evolving in the other direction. I will leave it to Darwinists to make of that what they will” ~ Burt […]

« go back — keep looking »