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Whatever you subsidize you get more of. -- James Cook
Taking money from job creating entrepreneurs and giving it to ever-failing government programs has to be the ultimate in economic illiteracy. -- James Cook
From what I have said of the natives of New Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon earth but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but -- James Cook
When government tries to make people more equal, it makes them more unequal. -- James Cook
To be a good manager of people requires both fairness and bluntness. -- James Cook
Liberals have one solution for every economic issue; eat the seed corn. -- James Cook
Gasahol is socialism's fuel. -- James Cook
Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes. -- James Cook
Young atheists abound, but old atheists are rare. -- James Cook
It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary. -- James Cook
in this Traffick they would frequently keep our goods and make no return, tell at last I was obliged to fire a Musquet ball Close past one man who had served us in this manner after which they observed a little more honisty and at length several of them came on board. -- James Cook
All the warnings the founding fathers gave us about government proved to be true. We should have listened. -- James Cook
Money will always turn up when there is a potential for profit. -- James Cook
What drives intellectuals and professors crazy is somebody with a high school diploma who made a fortune in business. They agree with Lenin, who thought success in business was a matter of luck, when in reality it is a matter of genius. -- James Cook
In any given age it is only a few extremists who are right. -- James Cook
Those who help the poor the most also hurt them the most. -- James Cook
The left controls the media, the institutions of higher learning and the government. They preach against business, disparate merit, decry free enterprise and slander capitalism. -- James Cook
Any nation that allows the government to dominate its monetary and economic policies will ultimately suffer grave consequences. -- James Cook
Money could never have originated as paper. -- James Cook
Good times weaken belief. -- James Cook
With socialized medicine, the trick is not to die while waiting for treatment. -- James Cook
Our religious understanding and beliefs should evolve just like everything else. -- James Cook
Once trapped in the belief that you are a victim, you surrender your birthright to compete for the prizes of life. -- James Cook
The most practical information about life is sneered at by social planners. -- James Cook
We are coerced into faith by our suffering. -- James Cook
Governments institutionalize something for nothing. -- James Cook
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. -- James Cook
Prayer is futility when compared to belief. -- James Cook
The fundamental laws of human nature are overlooked by social planners. -- James Cook
The foremost corporate responsibility is to serve others so well you produce a profit. -- James 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. -- James Cook
It's not capitalism that's failing the U.S. but socialism. -- James Cook
Without memory there are no worries. -- James Cook
The welfare system is the breeding ground of crime, addiction and radical politics. -- James Cook
No matter how great your wisdom, you can still make a fool of yourself. -- James Cook
Time flies when you're running out of money. -- James Cook
The Hollywood left insists on painting business persons as arch criminals, even though it's ridiculous. They like to depict free enterprise, capitalism and business leaders as a source of evil and criminality. Somehow they think that will influence enough people to further their left-wing agenda. -- James Cook
Better to have something to say than to have to say something. -- James Cook
The more money spent by government to address social injustice the greater the cries of social injustice. -- James Cook
Virtually anything is more stimulating than conversations with strangers at social gatherings. -- James Cook
Our contemporary brand of socialism has one fatal flaw. It's too expensive. When you try to shower benefits on so many recipients, you eventually must resort to subterfuge. Foremost among those tricks is money and credit expansion. Inevitably, you debase your currency. -- James Cook
Never underestimate the incompetence of government. -- James Cook
Government is no more than taxpayers hiring the most inefficient organization to do the job. -- James Cook
Once a person comes to rely on the government for support, that person becomes a socialist through and through. -- James Cook
You can't suffer over two things at once. -- James Cook
People who never seen to learn claim the government can be made more efficient. -- James Cook
Government charity gives the most to those who refuse to help themselves; private charity gives less. -- James Cook
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, then liberalism is a form of insanity. -- James Cook
The only time you can have maximum economic progress is when social programs don't exist. -- James Cook
Bureaucracy by its nature resists change and nullifies progress. -- James Cook
Government is not using modern technology so much to modernize and improve services as it is to regulate, punish, collect taxes and keep an eye on us. They'd rather rule than serve. -- James Cook
Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it. -- James Cook
in which great difficulties are found to the present day by Englishmen, whose language presents no certain laws for rendering any given sound into a fixed combination of letters. -- James Cook
The power of faith to ease our suffering is God's love. -- James Cook
We evolved without social welfare and we are equipped to solve our problems without it. -- James Cook
The one thing that flies in the face of all human history and experience, is that the government can do a superior job than the private sector. -- James Cook
Welfare corrupts the lower class much faster than the middle class. -- James Cook
From an economic standpoint, liberalism is a greater threat to America than communism ever was. -- James Cook
Private charity can apply 'tough love' but government charity can't. -- James Cook
The longer people receive economic assistance, the worse their social condition and behavior. -- James Cook
The government is worst which governs most. -- James Cook
The American people have come to rely on the government for their security. They will find out how incompetent the government is when they no longer have security. -- James Cook
There is a reason and not a reason for everything. -- James Cook
To use ones religion as a rationalization for lack of financial success demeans that faith. -- James Cook
When your mind tries to verify a preconceived notion you can miss the obvious. -- James Cook
If you get a job or promotion because of your race or gender, it is no different than a subsidy. You get something you didn't earn, 'something for nothing.' -- James Cook
Let one state in the U.S. be free of government and overnight you would have an economic powerhouse. -- James Cook
Liberals fostered the subsidies that have converted so many citizens to helplessness. They have made high taxes and big government a way of life. They have corrupted the politicians into believing that in order to be elected to office, they must dispense benefits. -- James Cook
Seeds sewn in adversity bear the greatest fruit. -- James Cook
Faith puts the power of the universe at your disposal. -- James Cook
Employers know the nature of people best. -- James Cook
I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea. -- James Cook
People rarely use advice. -- James Cook
Nothing is more difficult than to make a profit. -- James Cook
When wildlife damages agriculture we eliminate the wildlife. Rather we should eliminate agriculture when it damages wildlife. -- James Cook
Knaves will come and knaves will go. -- James Cook
The eyes of the owner can see what no one else can see. -- James Cook
Struggle is the architect of the soul. -- James Cook
A single charitable foundation started by one capitalist does more good than a world full of socialists and leftists. Think Carnegie and his libraries, or Sloan and Kettering their hospital, or Gates in Africa. -- James Cook
The more noteworthy a person's achievements, the more government agents are attracted to investigating that person. -- James Cook
The more welfare, the more crime. -- James Cook
Those who live off of the donations of capitalism are often its greatest critics. -- James Cook
Why is it so hard to see that when America had high savings, low taxes and minimal government, the economy grew like a week, and today when we have just the opposite, the economy is shrinking.? -- James Cook
Social welfare is the most corrosive behavioral force ever unleashed by man. -- James Cook
That which you worry about most in life is seldom bad, and that likely applies to dying. -- James Cook
Winning a lottery may prove to be bad luck. -- James Cook
There are only two questions about government. How much do you want? How much can you stand? -- James Cook
Inflation makes the wealthiest people richer and the masses poorer. -- James Cook
Taxes cause the most bad business decisions. -- James Cook
To succeed in business, put the interest of the customer ahead of your own. -- James Cook
The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation. -- James Cook
Hardly anything works out as well as we hope. -- James Cook
Getting is more fun than having. -- James Cook
We should worry about our own souls first and trust in God's plan for others. -- James Cook
To write about business one should be in business, just as in writing about Tasmania one should visit Tasmania. -- James Cook
It's a vain hope to believe that people will voluntarily turn their back on government subsidies. -- James Cook
People want government to solve problems, but government is often the cause of the problem. -- James Cook
Everybody lives an epic. -- James Cook
No resource will flourish if managed by government. -- James Cook
You cannot rectify grievances from the past with today's charity. -- James Cook
A free ride is life's most difficult journey. -- James Cook
Government does the least good and the most harm through subsidies. -- James Cook
The higher the wages the fewer the jobs; the lower the wages the more the jobs. -- James Cook
A business owner who is liberal probably inherited the business. -- James Cook
The eleventh commandment: Thou shalt be tolerant of all paths that lead to God. -- James Cook
No role in life is more important than to be a good mother. -- James Cook
There is nothing very religious about feeling superior to those who don't share your views. -- James Cook
Animosity towards the merchant class has been around for centuries. Why? The goal of making a profit is quite obviously a self-serving motive. Other occupations, while equally self-serving, are better able to hide their motives. -- James Cook
Going without a thing enhances the desire to get it. -- James Cook
Suffering perfects the soul. -- James Cook
There is no help from without, only from within. -- James Cook
Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which. -- James Cook
Investors believe in the best possible outcome. -- James Cook
Government regulators are another name for police. -- James Cook
A thinker reverses roles and sees the perspectives of others. -- James Cook
Rich grandparents get more attention than poor grandparents. -- James Cook
To enslave a people, give them money they didn't earn. -- James Cook
The liberal agenda is the blueprint for national ruin. -- James Cook
The only reasonable outcome of a nation's sins is to learn not to repeat them. -- James Cook
Advice from others is always filtered through self interest. -- James Cook
What is written is more influential than what is said. -- James Cook
It's nearly impossible for a criminal to come from a good mother. -- James Cook
Socialism is the triumph of people's prejudices over their reason. -- James Cook
It's impossible for a dishonest person to grow rich in business. -- James Cook
Nothing's worse than a business person who sells out to the left, if you're a capitalist, stand up and be counted. -- James Cook
In the polling booth narrow self interest wins out over lofty principles. -- James Cook
Private charity discourages poverty while public subsidies encourage it. -- James Cook
Government is not competent enough to regulate. -- James Cook
It's not up to God for us to use the gift of faith. -- James Cook
Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go. -- James Cook
Worry not so much about other peoples morals but more about your own. -- James Cook
Perhaps the greatest difference among people is between those who never have to worry about money and those who do. -- James Cook
Most everything government does is worse than useless. -- James Cook
The thing that distinguishes permanent poverty is bad character. -- James Cook
Government is full of people who think they know what's best for others and can rationalize compelling them to accept it. -- James Cook
Doubt makes us reaffirm what we believe. -- James Cook
Apparently there's nothing more dangerous than a religious criminal. -- James Cook
Money without wisdom diminishes the pleasure and enjoyment of wealth. -- James Cook
God has the experience that comes from billions of years. -- James Cook
Once you're in heaven it makes no difference when you got there. -- James Cook
Faith must be worked at. -- James Cook
Give persons who would cheat you every opportunity so you can soon be rid of them. -- James Cook
The reason our economic crisis has been forestalled is the reason there will be an economic crisis. -- James Cook
Easier will always win out over harder. -- James Cook
Suffering over something is proof positive of its importance. -- James Cook
Management is simple, innovation is hard. -- James Cook
Living your life constructs your soul, not a few seconds of daily prayer. -- James Cook
Incompetent government embraces hiring quotas, thus furthering their incompetence. -- James Cook
The soul is that part of you in harmony with God. -- James Cook
Better to build orphanages than prisons. -- James Cook
We are far too critical of the fabulous system of plenty that has brought us the highest living standards on earth. The liberals have done a good job of undermining faith in the market system. -- James Cook
Socialism was made to order for tyrants. -- James Cook
Beware the person who is on a hot streak. -- James Cook
Nations that embrace the free market to the greatest extent prosper the most. -- James Cook
If everyone had to start up their own business, socialism would soon die. -- James Cook
If you want the best results in an organization, you must rely solely on merit. -- James Cook
Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined. -- James Cook
Other than sex, two things bring people together; economic transactions and booze. -- James Cook
You can't think in sound bytes. -- James Cook
Whenever you have something nice someone will try to ruin it. -- James Cook
When people criticize the free market, they are usually complaining about what happens when you intervene in the free market. -- James Cook
Allowing liberals to manage economic policy is like hiring monkeys to be aircraft mechanics. -- James Cook
The idea that government can instruct private enterprise on how to eliminate waste is preposterous. -- James Cook
Whatever you do without confidence will be done badly. -- James Cook
Nothing in life is guaranteed, including government guarantees. -- James Cook
People are always receptive to the idea of a conspiracy. -- James Cook
Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice. -- James Cook
Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due. -- James Cook
The economy that leads the world will be the one with the most millionaires and billionaires. -- James Cook
The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens. -- James Cook
Nobody heeds danger when they're making money. -- James Cook
The government endangers us with our own money. -- James Cook
Taxes are a penalty on progress. -- James Cook
We are destroying capitalism to pay for socialism. -- James Cook
When you are aggrieved you learn. -- James Cook
There are alternate explanations for everything. -- James Cook
Self interest determines loyalty or betrayal. -- James Cook
What is more simple than to believe in God? Its very simplicity argues the case. -- James Cook
The purer the application of socialism, the worse the results, the purer the application of capitalism, the better the results. -- James Cook
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again. -- James Cook
We can never right the wrongs of the past. -- James Cook
Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government. -- James Cook
The more successful an organization becomes, the more difficult it is to deal with. -- James Cook
Memory doesn't erase. The recall ability fails. -- James Cook
Subsidies have changed the way the nation behaves. -- James Cook
When politics is elevated over business, economic disaster follows. -- James Cook
The rate of inflation can't be judged accurately by a few items the government arbitrarily chooses to measure. -- James Cook
All too often unemployment is used as an excuse for misbehaving when jobs are available within walking distance. -- James Cook
Those who think profit is a dirty word should try to make one. -- James Cook
You slight yourself when you're easily slighted. -- James Cook
Never underestimate the totality of chaos and betrayal that comes through currency debasement. -- James Cook