Notable and Quotable... in the Classical Liberal tradition

"The social system of private property and limited government is the only system that tends to debarbarize all those who have the innate capacity to acquire personal culture." ~Ludwig von Mises

Jul 23, 2025

Mark Hulbert: "Individual investors are impulse buyers"

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Individual investors are impulse buyers.  The median investor, often drawn to a stock because it’s in the news, spends just six minutes of r...
Jul 21, 2025

Ayn Rand on the businessman and bureaucrat

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If a businessman makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences.  If a bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences.  ~ Ayn Rand  
Jul 20, 2025

Jay Bowen on long-term investing

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Q : You describe your strategy as “endurance investing.”  How long do you typically look to hold a stock?  A : We always feel like we are ta...

Jay Bowen: "AI is the fourth industrial revolution"

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Artificial intelligence is the fourth industrial revolution.  It reminds me of the 1990s with the internet.  It’s not exactly the same, but ...
Jul 18, 2025

Edward Snowden on the right to privacy

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Ultimately, arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don...
Jul 17, 2025

Kevin Duffy on the predominant ideology in America

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The ideology that the overwhelming majority of Americans share is the notion that the world is a dangerous, chaotic place, and that without ...

Jeremy Hammond on ideology and the post-9/11 WMD lie

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When I first started on the path that led me to doing journalism, it was after 9/11, and I was speaking out against the coming Iraq war, war...
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