Self Interest

A selection of quotations.

“Do we really think that a government-dominated education is going to produce citizens capable of dominating their government, as the education of a truly vigilant self-governing people requires?” – Alan Keyes

“Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.”-John Maynard Keynes

“The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence – reverance for human life and the environment.” – William Sloan Coffin

“One of the best ways to check the validity of your investment information is to first check who the advertisers are in the publication you read. Many publications that support the idea of investing for the long term in mutual funds have mutual funds as their primary source of advertising revenue.” -Robert T. Kiyosaki

“The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” – Will Rogers

“Well, I guess we don’t get to make fun of Burt’s [survivalist] lifestyle anymore.” – Fred Ward as Earl Bassett in Tremors, (1990)

“The problem with political jokes is they get elected.” – Henry Cate, VII