The government`s War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.
You don`t have to buy from anyone. You don`t have to work at any particular job. You don`t have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.
Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
Security... it`s simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you`re willing to deal with whatever happens.
Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he`ll get good consequences; if they`re not, he`ll suffer for it.
Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? There is a price you can pay to be free of the situation once and for all. It may be a fantastic price or a tiny one - but there is a price.
You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.
Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There`s a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.
You don`t need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles - events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.
You can`t give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.