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“In short, the quiet political philosophy behind classical liberalism holds that capitalist business owners should rule. The self-regulating market is a facade covering political domination by business owners. Thus the name “propertarianism,â€� because its main practical tenet is that the owners of property should exercise political command over society.”
― How Are You Going to Pay for That?: Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics
― How Are You Going to Pay for That?: Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics

“WASHINGTON LOVES the ones who grease its gears. But history only remembers the ones who shift them,â€� the late Washington Post writer Marjorie Williams wrote of Baker.”
― The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
― The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III

“Eyes that did not seem attached to anything rational stared out at the gentleman from a craggy canvas of inebriation, grief and hatred. In the leather holster that depended from John Lawrence Plugford’s waist sat a wide gauge sawed-off shotgun that had been covered with black paint. “Good morning,â€� Nathaniel said to the bestial face.”
― Wraiths of the Broken Land
― Wraiths of the Broken Land

“Somewhere far off a cannon sounded. Half a minute later there was another blast, which seemed to come from the opposite direction.
"Fools can't get to sleep," Sergeyich said to himself. "Probably just warming their hands.”
― Grey Bees
"Fools can't get to sleep," Sergeyich said to himself. "Probably just warming their hands.”
― Grey Bees

“Putin’s calculation is simple: a Ukraine with a permanent war in its eastern region will never be fully welcomed by Europe or the rest of the world.”
― Grey Bees
― Grey Bees

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