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Author, Psychologist, Academic, Classicist. Non-fiction Author of Burnt Offerings
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Interesting quote by Goethe... "National hatred will always be most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture."
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It was Arnold Toynbee that said"Civilizations breakdown and go to pieces...when a challenge confronts them which they fail to meet." Does that seem to fit our current situation? Floyd
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our secular society no longer believes in good or evil; only equality (burnt offerings).
I want to correct the address of my website. It is burntofferings-book.com rather than burntofferingsbook.com. the dash was omitted. I am also on facebook.
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Censorship seems to be rampant on the internet: twitter included. Apparantly newfound success and power corrupts.
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The following is an article that I've just finished on the coronavirus. I thought this might interest some of you. Floyd of Burnt Offerings.
Hi Folks...thought I'd recommend a movie on amazon prime. It's called the Death of a Nation by D'sousa and political and scary but tells a little known truth. Floyd
Just a note to say that I have finished my latest book and am slowly getting it published and reviewed.
Our society no longer believes in good or bad, only equality. Burnt Offerings
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither....Ben Franklin
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nothing is more fatal among intellectual leaders than extolling security at the expense of freedom......F.A. Hayek
Check out Burnt Offerings. So far, it has been clearly predictive of the things that are happening politically today.
"If we continue to war against the past in an attempt to corner the future alone, we to will be condemned to the dustbins of history." Sours
"Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself." John Adams, 1814.
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"We must pause from our mindless pursuit into the future armed with progress and the cry of freedom." Burntofferings-book.com
"the use of political channels tends to strain the social cohesion essential for a stable society" Quote by milton Friedman
"History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom" Quote by Milton Friedman
"While democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude." quote by F. Hayek
Go to burntofferings-book.blogspot.com for a look at my excerpt from my book titled Power Corrupts...its political.
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"However attractive anarchy may be as a philosophy, it is not feasible in a world of imperfect men"....Milton Friedman
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"Only a crisis produces real change" Milton Friedman
"Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it." Milton Friedman
"We do not believe in freedom for madmen and children." Milton Friedman
"Freedom is a tenable objective only for responsible individuals" Milton Friedman
"the media seem often to disseminate ideas that are not supported by real evidence." Robert Shiller, (2000)
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The change in the mindset of the german public within the space of a few years show how changeable public opinion can be. R. Shiller
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Just a note..I've been writing furiously. Check out Burntofferingsbook.com, then click on blog for some interesting comments.
Paul Krugman quote "we live in an age not of extraordinary progress but of technological disapointment."
"he alone who owns the youth, gains the future." Adolph Hitler
quote by Friedrich Hayek "money is one of the greatest instruments of freedom ever invented by man."
Quote by F.A. Hayek.."the more the state plans, the more difficult planning becomes for the individual."
Quote by F.A.Hayek: "we are the makers of our own fate, we are the captives of the ideas we have created."
Quote by F.A.Hayek; "An accidental combination of experience and interest often reveal events to one man under aspects few will see."
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John Maynard Keynes:"the authoritarian systems of today seem to solve the problem of employment at the expense of efficiency and freedom."
Quote by David Hume..."it is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
a quote from John Maynard Keynes:"it is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow citizens."
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"When central planning reaches into areas about which we disagree, dictatorships are encouraged." Friedrich Hayek
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