137 Quotes & Sayings By Ae Samaan

A.E. Samaan was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt and has lived and worked there for most of his life. A frequent contributor to several publications, he is also a published short story writer, essayist, book reviewer and an editor of literary anthologies. He is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors as well as the National Association of Arab-American Writers & Artists, having been honored as a member of both organizations.

The foundation of wisdom is knowing how to tell when...
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The foundation of wisdom is knowing how to tell when you are totally clueless, lost, and in need of assistance. A.E. Samaan
The product of scientific achievements should be for sale. The...
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The product of scientific achievements should be for sale. The scientist should not. A.E. Samaan
Politicized science is like a prostitute with an STD. You...
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Politicized science is like a prostitute with an STD. You know she has been fucked by a dirty politician. A.E. Samaan
There is something immoral about abandoning your common sense in...
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There is something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance. A.E. Samaan
Socialists and Progressives confuse compassion and compulsion.
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Socialists and Progressives confuse compassion and compulsion. A.E. Samaan
If you demand the collective to pay for your medical...
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If you demand the collective to pay for your medical expenses, then be prepared for the collective to demand to make your medical decisions for you. A.E. Samaan
If your political theory requires humanity to
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If your political theory requires humanity to "evolve", then you do not have a theory.... you have a dream. A.E. Samaan
If your political theory requires humanity to
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If your political theory requires humanity to "evolve", then you do not have a theory. A.E. Samaan
Legalize the right to choose wrong. Legalize individual liberty.
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Legalize the right to choose wrong. Legalize individual liberty. A.E. Samaan
Is liberty your compass needle? Do you live by it?...
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Is liberty your compass needle? Do you live by it? Do you seek it out equally for yourself as for others? Is it your creed? Do you observe its tenets and principles? Are you truly free? A.E. Samaan
Every unnecessary law helps fashion the noose we will ultimately...
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Every unnecessary law helps fashion the noose we will ultimately be hung by. A.E. Samaan
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Socialists seem to think George Orwell’s 1984 is a suggestion, or at least are unashamed of mimicking the methods of the totalitarian state Orwell depicted. Libertarians know it to be a warning, and a government that micro-manages all aspects of humanity an intolerable reality. A.E. Samaan
Regulations in an
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Regulations in an "Idea Economy" are restraints on innovation. A.E. Samaan
There are those that want
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There are those that want "freedom" from individual responsibility. Then there are those that want individual "liberty." I choose the latter. I am a Libertarian A.E. Samaan
We Libertarians believe in
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We Libertarians believe in "Limited Government" precisely because we believe in unlimited liberty. Reduce one, and you decrease the other. A.E. Samaan
Art was the first casualty of the Socialist and Communist...
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Art was the first casualty of the Socialist and Communist revolutions of the 20th Century. Socialists killed the independent thinkers first. A.E. Samaan
Faith and freedom is great, but it gets nowhere without...
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Faith and freedom is great, but it gets nowhere without faith in freedom. A.E. Samaan
Funny, I don't particularly care for either
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Funny, I don't particularly care for either "laws" or "order". Liberty is messy. Freedom yields imperfect results. A.E. Samaan
The right to
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The right to "liberty" and "pursuit" of happiness is incompatible with a government that makes choices for you. A.E. Samaan
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There are those that want freedom from individual responsibility, and then there are those that want individual liberty. "Freedom" and "liberty" no longer mean what they used to. A desire for dependence has been made fashionably desirable. A.E. Samaan
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Liberty will never yield equality. Freewill produces a mess that you either accept or reject in favor of slavery. A.E. Samaan
Legislating morality grows big government immensely, and helps fashion the...
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Legislating morality grows big government immensely, and helps fashion the noose the government will use to ultimately hang you by. A.E. Samaan
You either limit the government, or you limit the scope...
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You either limit the government, or you limit the scope of your life. Why is the government that precious to you in the first place? A.E. Samaan
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There is no more precious currency than the unfettered liberty to explore while engaged in an "Idea Economy". You cannot centrally plan the "Idea Economy" any more than you can plan fun or spontaneity. Regulations are restraints in an "Idea Economy". The entrepreneur is either free to experiment or not. A.E. Samaan
Centralization is an abomination! Decentralize everything! Leave nothing to the...
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Centralization is an abomination! Decentralize everything! Leave nothing to the central planners. A.E. Samaan
Fuck socialism! No, really..... fuck socialism. Socialism sucks!
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Fuck socialism! No, really..... fuck socialism. Socialism sucks! A.E. Samaan
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I am not interested in having freedom from burdens. I don't need any authority to free me from responsibility. I am not interested in having freedoms within an authoritarian's parameters. I am only interested in self-determination. I have only respect for liberty as I am a libertarian. A.E. Samaan
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We have rule of lawyers, not rule of law. The legal profession has a monopoly over one branch of government as it was never intended to. The American Bar Association owns an entire branch of our government. We should not be surprised that we are the most litigious society in the world. It is big business with a stranglehold on one of the three branches of government. A.E. Samaan
Democratic Socialism is simply Totalitarianism that allows you the illusion...
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Democratic Socialism is simply Totalitarianism that allows you the illusion of a voice in the matter. A.E. Samaan
I do not believe in equality of results. I believe...
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I do not believe in equality of results. I believe in "equal opportunity" and "equality before the law". A.E. Samaan
Workers of the world unite???? How'bout.... Staunch individualists disperse! !...
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Workers of the world unite???? How'bout.... Staunch individualists disperse! ! ! A.E. Samaan
I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a...
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I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a duplicitous diplomat. A.E. Samaan
Politicians are interested in the health of the people like...
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Politicians are interested in the health of the people like predators savor live prey. A.E. Samaan
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Art should be for sale. The artist should not. A.E. Samaan
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The spoken word is ephemeral. The written word, eternal. A symphony, timeless. A.E. Samaan
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LEFTISTS EAT THEIR CHILDREN: The poets, artists, and radicals are murdered first once the "revolution" actually comes about. A.E. Samaan
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Knowledge can never imprison you, but you can be captive to your ignorance. A.E. Samaan
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History is indeed stranger than fiction. The twists and turns of human history are too outlandish for to be believable in any work of fiction. A.E. Samaan
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Truth is only relative to those that ignore hard evidence. A.E. Samaan
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I became a Libertarian as a result of researching WWII and the Holocaust. Individual liberty is sacred. A.E. Samaan
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Past is PrologueThis book was written observing the premise that the seeds of Holocaust denial take root and prosper with misinformation. Clarity and transparency are imperative, as they leave no room for denial theories that would deprive the victims justice, or rob the living of a future. Generations of historians have enthusiastically gone about their craft knowing full well that 'he who owns the past, owns the future'. Improperly documented history, or more precisely, fraudulent versions of history not only deprive the victims of pasts injustices due recognition of their suffering, but also rob the living of a fair chance at a future free from the dangers of repeating past injustices. . A.E. Samaan
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If God were mortal and had but one life to give, he would have been more careful about how he created the world. A.E. Samaan
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Greed is the performance art of the 21st Century. A.E. Samaan
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They say a picture is worth 1, 000 words. I say its closer to 675 or 700. A.E. Samaan
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The science fiction author, H.G. Wells was an avid supporter of eugenics and a believer in a hierarchy of the races. A.E. Samaan
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There's something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance. A.E. Samaan
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Democracy is not a form of government. It is a tool of government. Case in point, Stalinist USSR was a "democracy". A.E. Samaan
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Every totalitarian Communist considered themselves as a Socialist first and foremost. A.E. Samaan
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Socialism is not a meritocracy. By definition it places increasingly confining restraints on those that succeed the most. A.E. Samaan
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The term "totalitarian" was derived from Adolf Hitler's "Total State", which was a "craddle to grave" solution that sought to micro-manage all aspects of humanity. A.E. Samaan
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Capitalists desire purchasing power. Socialists lust for the power to plan society. Which is worse? A.E. Samaan
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The road to evil is paved with socialist intentions. A.E. Samaan
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The opposite of Nazi is neither Republican nor Democrat, conservative or liberal. Totalitarianism's diametric opposite of is Libertarianism. A.E. Samaan
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Tyrants are obvious, and easy to identify. It is the well entrenched and corrupt establishment that is truly insidious. A.E. Samaan
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The textbook in question in the infamous Scope's Monkey Trial was partially written by the Harvard educated white supremacist, Charles B. Davenport. A.E. Samaan
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Throw an idea into the world and its impact will ripple and reverberate beyond your side of the shore. A.E. Samaan
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All utopias are dystopias. The term "dystopia" was coined by fools that believed a "utopia" can be functional. A.E. Samaan
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People, imperfect and corruptible are society's building blocks. Political theories evading this reality are a catastrophe in waiting. A.E. Samaan
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If collectivizing highly personal medical decisions is evil, then so follows that collectivized medicine is evil. A.E. Samaan
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It is incredible that this must be said, but the obvious seems to escape politicized academics, so we must state the obvious: Genocide is deliberate; it is premeditated. There is no genocide without premeditation. The murders are not unfortunate coincidences. This is why it is called "mass MURDER" and not "mass MANSLAUGHTER. A.E. Samaan
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The vitriol and viciousness is the inevitable result of a government increasingly deciding the vital aspects of people's lives. A.E. Samaan
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FUCK "UNITY"! ! What a pathetic way of thinking. How arrogant of Progressives to think that my hopes and dreams mirror their hopes and dreams. What an absolute bore.. what an total lack of originality or individuality.. I believe in individual liberty. I am an extremist on the topic of individual liberty, precisely because I value original thinking and original accomplishments. Fuck unity of purpose. Fuck collectivism. My life is not your life. I have my own path. Get out of my way. A.E. Samaan
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The "right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" begins with "life", and "life" begins at conception. A.E. Samaan
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FUCK UNITY! FUCK CONSENSUS! There was no unity or consensus during the American Revolution. We had principled leadership from a small, vocal, minority that refused to compromise on the issue of individual liberty. A.E. Samaan
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According to an original reading of the Constitution and Declaration, the intrusiveness that is an inevitable part of big government is an offense against its people. A.E. Samaan
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Some capitalism suffers from cronyism. All of socialism is perverted by the crony statism of the powerful few. A.E. Samaan
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The Supreme Court of the United States is no longer a court of law. It is a forum of legal fad and fashion. A.E. Samaan
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Sadly enough, individual liberty remains the ideal of revolutionary thinkers even in the 21st Century. A.E. Samaan
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Civil Wars happen when the victimized are armed. Genocide happens when they are not. A.E. Samaan
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Despots are elected and deposed. Laws are passed and repealed. Nations rise and fall. Individual liberty is eternal. A.E. Samaan
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Statism is political fashion. Individual liberty is eternal. A.E. Samaan
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Socialism is "group-think." How uninformed in history do you have to be to advocate for "group-think"?? A.E. Samaan
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I think, therefore I am an individual... not a drone in a collective. I think, therefore I am... Libertarian A.E. Samaan
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Some that read this book will find its Libertarian and Constitutionalist slant a bit obtuse and maybe even off-putting. This author makes no apologies for viewing the history of the eugenics movement from this political perspective. It is the ethical and legal underpinnings of the American Revolution that remain as a guiding light while the eugenics movement continues to reemerge long after its alleged demise. Limited, or rather minimal government, goes a long way to curtail the disconnect that emerges when government grows so large that it no longer feels compelled to heed to the dictates of the governed. . A.E. Samaan
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The sadist desires to command and control. The masochist desires to be freed from the burdens of liberty. That is Socialism. A.E. Samaan
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Thomas More's Utopia was not a recommendation. It was a warning. A.E. Samaan
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The U.S. didn't achieve its liberty or prosperity by mistake. It was by design, and the architects were the Founding Fathers. Don't mess with the Constitution. The Constitution matters. A.E. Samaan
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Very few tyrants argued for the slavery of the masses. Instead, they argued for their right to protect the people from themselves. A.E. Samaan
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Eugenics has always been the escape valve of single payer socialized medicine. Havelock Ellis was writing about them as one and the same prior to the fin-de-siecle. Culling out of control population growth and the economic drain of the incurably sick has always been a part of socialized medicine. A.E. Samaan
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Centrally planned economies are upended by out of control population. Their escape valve is eugenics. A.E. Samaan
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The central planners of Democratic Socialism tighten their noose when people resist their plans and assert their rights. All Socialism is intended to devolve into Communism, and as a result, Totalitarianism. A.E. Samaan
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I think, therefore I am an individual... not a drone in a collective. I think, therefore I am... Libertarian. A.E. Samaan
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I was once a statist, and then I researched The Holocaust. I am now a Libertarian. A.E. Samaan
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There is a very dangerous myth that #Hitler was solely fueled by racism. His desire to engineer society was pervasive. Racism alone cannot explain what happened in The Holocaust without also addressing Hitler's statist policies. A.E. Samaan
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Liberty isn't everything. I just allows everything to happen. A.E. Samaan
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You can either have individual liberty, or dependence on the government. One is designed to undo the other. A.E. Samaan
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You can get to oppression through regulation, especially in an "Idea Economy" which necessitates liberty of the mind to explore. A.E. Samaan
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Our Supreme Court is not a court of law. It is a court of conjecture and political fad. A.E. Samaan
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The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private liberty. A.E. Samaan
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Communism is what happens when Socialists realize that they want complete control over every aspect of human life. A.E. Samaan
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The desire to engineer humanity is a sign of a mind warped by megalomania and lust for power. A.E. Samaan
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Big government = oligarchy. Simple equation. Big government = loss of representation. A.E. Samaan
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A "centrally planned economy" by definition discourages and despises participation by the masses. It's a bureaucratic oligarchy. A.E. Samaan
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There is no law, there is only conjecture. The Progressive ethos changes the law's meaning according to fad and fashion. A.E. Samaan
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History could not be any clearer: Rights given by fad and fashion are just as easily taken away. The Constitution matters. A.E. Samaan
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Big Government' is a lot less like a 'Big Brother', and a lot more like a mother-in-law. A.E. Samaan
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The idea economy is a conversation. Try to channel or control that conversation and you will stop the chatter. A.E. Samaan
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LENIN = "Revolutionary Social Democracy"American Socialists = "Democratic Socialism". What is the difference? The USSR held democratic referendums too; all of which increased the power of the central planners and reduced the individual to nothingness. A.E. Samaan
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All Socialism is Democratic Socialism. Socialist nations take away civil liberties by referendum. A.E. Samaan
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WHITE NATIONALISTS & BLACK LIVES MATTER: The harder you swing the pendulum one way, the more violently it will swing back. A.E. Samaan