James Cook Quotes

All the warnings the founding fathers gave us about government proved to be true. We should have listened.

We are coerced into faith by our suffering.

The most practical information about life is sneered at by social planners.

All too often unemployment is used as an excuse for misbehaving when jobs are available within walking distance.

Seeds sewn in adversity bear the greatest fruit.

Advice from others is always filtered through self interest.

To write about business one should be in business, just as in writing about Tasmania one should visit Tasmania.

There are alternate explanations for everything.

Money without wisdom diminishes the pleasure and enjoyment of wealth.

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, then liberalism is a form of insanity.

Give persons who would cheat you every opportunity so you can soon be rid of them.

At times life becomes too busy for religious thoughts.

What is written is more influential than what is said.

Prayer is futility when compared to belief.

Inequality promotes progress.

There are only two questions about government. How much do you want? How much can you stand?

What is more simple than to believe in God? Its very simplicity argues the case.

Living your life constructs your soul, not a few seconds of daily prayer.

A salesman sees a commission.

Governments institutionalize something for nothing.

Better to have something to say than to have to say something.

There is nothing very religious about feeling superior to those who don't share your views.

The thing that distinguishes permanent poverty is bad character.

To be a good manager of people requires both fairness and bluntness.

Once a person comes to rely on the government for support, that person becomes a socialist through and through.

Liars seldom believe anyone else.

Nothing is more difficult than to make a profit.

Our religious understanding and beliefs should evolve just like everything else.

We should worry about our own souls first and trust in God's plan for others.

We evolved without social welfare and we are equipped to solve our problems without it.

Those who think profit is a dirty word should try to make one.

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.

Worry not so much about other peoples morals but more about your own.

In the polling booth narrow self interest wins out over lofty principles.

Money will always turn up when there is a potential for profit.

Government charity gives the most to those who refuse to help themselves; private charity gives less.

Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined.

Hiring quotas reduce efficiency.

Taxes cause the most bad business decisions.

Never underestimate the incompetence of government.

From an economic standpoint, liberalism is a greater threat to America than communism ever was.

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

Easier will always win out over harder.

Taking money from job creating entrepreneurs and giving it to ever-failing government programs has to be the ultimate in economic illiteracy.

The more money spent by government to address social injustice the greater the cries of social injustice.

Good times weaken belief.

No role in life is more important than to be a good mother.

Rich grandparents get more attention than poor grandparents.

Winning a lottery may prove to be bad luck.

The power of faith to ease our suffering is God's love.