Quotes from James R. Cook

At the very least, people who get subsidies should have to get up in the morning and do something, even if it's a make work job. But most liberals would oppose even this simple test of responsibility.

Better to build orphanages than prisons.

Bureaucracy by its nature resists change and nullifies progress.

Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes.

Hiring quotas reduce efficiency.

Left-wing social policies sicken our behavior and corrupt our culture. People bend principles and sacrifice integrity to get as much as they can from the government. Giveaway programs encourage every imaginable sort of cheating and dishonesty. Wheeling and dealing in food stamps is a way of life. Lying and fraud are commonplace. Whenever you're dependent on the money, the end justifies the means.

Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.

Money could never have originated as paper.

Nations that embrace the free market to the greatest extent prosper the most.

Private charity can apply 'tough love' but government charity can't.

Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice.

Socialism is the triumph of people's prejudices over their reason.

Socialism was made to order for tyrants.

Suffering perfects the soul.

Taxes are a penalty on progress.

Taxes cause the most bad business decisions.

The economy that leads the world will be the one with the most millionaires and billionaires.

The eleventh commandment: Thou shalt be tolerant of all paths that lead to God.

The eyes of the owner can see what no one else can see.

The liberal agenda is the blueprint for national ruin.

The welfare system is the breeding ground of crime, addiction and radical politics.

There is a reason and not a reason for everything.

Those who help the poor the most hurt them the most.

Unions are at a disadvantage in a company vote because the employees can see that the greatest advocates of unionization are often the malcontents and marginal workers.