The American system is the most successful in the world because it harmonizes best with the aims and longings of human personality while allowing the best protection to other personalities.
BEN STEINPrime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
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I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.
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Science leads you to killing people.
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I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
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Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.
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The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.
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I don’t like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don’t think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period.
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I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.
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I am scared of running out of money.
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Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.
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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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And there hasn’t been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].
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You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.
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My feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution.
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I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
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