Quote of the Day: 30 April 2022 #QotD

“It would be impossible, therefore, to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this—the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.” -Frédéric Bastiat
[This certainly has nothing to do with anything currently in the public discourse. Nothing at all.]

Quote of the Day: 29 April 2022 #QotD

“Nature is red in tooth and claw. If you don’t have predators, you have to be the predator.” -David the Good
[At least if you want to keep the prey species in check. Nothing has shown me how utterly disconnected from reality veganism is than my efforts at gardening. There is no living, let alone thriving, for humans that can comply with the demands of the philosophy of veganism.]

Quote of the Day: 28 April 2022 #QotD

“I think you're always going to have tension in the Middle East when there's people who want to kill the Jews and Jews who don't want to be killed and neither side is willing to compromise.” -Frank J. Fleming
[Never again means never again.]

Quote of the Day: 27 April 2022 #QotD

“We are very good at hiding from ourselves what we do not want to know.” -Mr. Nutt, Unseen Academicals
[So, effective that it is shocking to us when we rediscover those things we don't want to know.]

Quote of the Day: 26 April 2022 #QotD

“Oh no, it’s true! I’m a love magnet!” -Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
[Truly, a young boy's greatest fear.

One he eventually overcomes.]

Quote of the Day: 25 April 2022 #QotD

“Life is not notable for its overabundance of certainty.” -Isana, Captain’s Fury
[However much we wish it were different, sometimes we need the reminder.]

Quote of the Day: 24 April 2022 #QotD

“Through the Atonement of Christ the Lord, we can put off our selfish natural self and become a child of God, meek, humble, full of faith and appropriate trust.” -Gerrit W. Gong