"There is no national movement for socialism or dictatorship in America...nothing but fumbling compromisers and frightened opportunists." (For The New Intellectual, Ayn Rand, New American Library, 1963; p 45)
Does this sound familiar today? How many of us are screaming at the top of our lungs because our "leaders" seem to be nothing but a bunch of "fumbling compromisers and frightened opportunists"?
"To oppose anything, one needs a firm set of principles." (ibid.) That seems to be what so many of our "leaders" lack, a firm set of principles. Or maybe their firm set of principles is all or part of the following: "the growth of government power is not an abridgement of freedom...the demand of one group for an unearned share of another group's income is not socialism...the destruction of property rights will not affect any other rights...man's mind, intelligence, creative ability are a 'national resource'...to be taken over, subsidized and disposed of by the government...businessmen are selfish autocrats because they are struggling to preserve freedom, while the 'liberals' are the true champions of liberty because they are fighting for more government controls...the fact that we are sliding down a road which has destroyed every other country, does not prove that it will destroy ours...dictatorship is not dictatorship if nobody calls it by that abstract name...none of us can help it, anyway"(ibid, italics in original). In either case, if our "leaders" can be characterized by no set of principles or any of the principles above, we are in deep trouble and need to find some others to lead us.
This is a time of crisis. We cannot be led by fumbling compromisers or frightened opportunists. We need leaders who have the principles of our Declaration of Independence and Constitution and are willing to oppose the socialist slide that started decades ago with Woodrow Wilson, FDR (or even before them) and the socialist idea that government can solve our problems. "Government cannot solve our problems; it IS the problem." (Reagan) The only thing that government can do is create a safe and secure atmosphere where the private sector can do its incredible work of solving our problems. This has worked in the past and it can and will work again. (Katrina is a good example of that.)
Just think: Ayn Rand originally wrote these words 50 years ago. It has taken us 50 years to wake up, but we are awake now. Let us very consciously keep the pressure up and the fight on.
Does this sound familiar today? How many of us are screaming at the top of our lungs because our "leaders" seem to be nothing but a bunch of "fumbling compromisers and frightened opportunists"?
"To oppose anything, one needs a firm set of principles." (ibid.) That seems to be what so many of our "leaders" lack, a firm set of principles. Or maybe their firm set of principles is all or part of the following: "the growth of government power is not an abridgement of freedom...the demand of one group for an unearned share of another group's income is not socialism...the destruction of property rights will not affect any other rights...man's mind, intelligence, creative ability are a 'national resource'...to be taken over, subsidized and disposed of by the government...businessmen are selfish autocrats because they are struggling to preserve freedom, while the 'liberals' are the true champions of liberty because they are fighting for more government controls...the fact that we are sliding down a road which has destroyed every other country, does not prove that it will destroy ours...dictatorship is not dictatorship if nobody calls it by that abstract name...none of us can help it, anyway"(ibid, italics in original). In either case, if our "leaders" can be characterized by no set of principles or any of the principles above, we are in deep trouble and need to find some others to lead us.
This is a time of crisis. We cannot be led by fumbling compromisers or frightened opportunists. We need leaders who have the principles of our Declaration of Independence and Constitution and are willing to oppose the socialist slide that started decades ago with Woodrow Wilson, FDR (or even before them) and the socialist idea that government can solve our problems. "Government cannot solve our problems; it IS the problem." (Reagan) The only thing that government can do is create a safe and secure atmosphere where the private sector can do its incredible work of solving our problems. This has worked in the past and it can and will work again. (Katrina is a good example of that.)
Just think: Ayn Rand originally wrote these words 50 years ago. It has taken us 50 years to wake up, but we are awake now. Let us very consciously keep the pressure up and the fight on.
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