Dirk Bentley:
CLASS OF 1976
Warren Central High SchoolClass of 1976
Indianapolis, IN
Dirk's Story
Dirk is from Whitesburg, Kentucky. Dirk's schools include Warren Central High School. Dirk later attended U. Indianapolis (Philosophy) .
Music Dirk likes includes Ray Charles, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Books Dirk likes include Will, Anything by P.J. O'Rourke, The Road. Movies Dirk likes include Naptown Rock Radio Wars, Napoleon Dynamite, American Graffiti. TV shows Dirk likes include The Weather Channel, SpeedTV, Rival Sports.
One of Dirk's favorite quotes is:"What does not kill me makes me strong--Nietzsche.
The government is not the solution to your problem, the government is your problem--Ronald Reagan.
Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others
--Ayn Rand
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Margaret Thatcher
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself --John Stuart Mill
To thine own self be true -- William Shakespeare
New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg has withdrawn as the nominee for Commerce Secretary. In a statement explaining why he turned it down, he cited 'irresolvable conflict.' So, apparently, he must have paid his taxes
-- Jay Leno
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one --Thomas Paine
By virtue of exchange, one man's prosperity is beneficial to all others -- Frederic Bastiat
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believe in a government that protects us from ourselves -- Ronald Reagan
When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set --Chinese writer Lin Yutang
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail -- Paul Thorn
If you have any good advice...FOLLOW IT--I just made that up
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand. -- Milton Friedman
Give good people the power to do good and that power eventually will be in the hands of bad people to do bad. -- Harry Browne
Trying to child-proof the world makes us neglect the more important task of world-proofing the child. -- ??
I want to work at an unemployment office because even if they fire you, they still have to pay you. -- Phil Mazo
Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread. --Thomas Jefferson
Tattoos are permanent. Your motivation/blood-alcohol level is not --??
It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf. --Thomas Paine
The Bill of Rights should serve as a constant reminder of the deep distrust that our founders had of government. -- Walter Williams
The rights of man do not come from the generosity of The State, but from the hand of God--John F. Kennedy
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.--Benjamin Franklin
Men hate those to whom they have to lie--V. Hugo
“Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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