James Cook Quotes

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.

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

Knaves will come and knaves will go.

Self interest determines loyalty or betrayal.

The more successful an organization becomes, the more difficult it is to deal with.

Nothing's worse than a business person who sells out to the left, if you're a capitalist, stand up and be counted.

Gasahol is socialism's fuel.

The longer people receive economic assistance, the worse their social condition and behavior.

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

Any nation that allows the government to dominate its monetary and economic policies will ultimately suffer grave consequences.

People rarely use advice.

Inflation makes the wealthiest people richer and the masses poorer.

Whenever you have something nice someone will try to ruin it.

Suffering perfects the soul.

Once you're in heaven it makes no difference when you got there.

Private charity can apply 'tough love' but government charity can't.

A single charitable foundation started by one capitalist does more good than a world full of socialists and leftists. Think Carnegie and his libraries, or Sloan and Kettering their hospital, or Gates in Africa.

When your mind tries to verify a preconceived notion you can miss the obvious.

Advice from others is always filtered through self interest.

Why is it so hard to see that when America had high savings, low taxes and minimal government, the economy grew like a week, and today when we have just the opposite, the economy is shrinking.?

It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary.

Time flies when you're running out of money.

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

If you want the best results in an organization, you must rely solely on merit.

Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.

There are alternate explanations for everything.

Everybody lives an epic.

It's nearly impossible for a criminal to come from a good mother.

We are coerced into faith by our suffering.

Let one state in the U.S. be free of government and overnight you would have an economic powerhouse.

No matter how great your wisdom, you can still make a fool of yourself.

Faith must be worked at.

Liberals believe and inexhaustible fund exists that can be tapped endlessly to pay for government social programs. Tax the rich and give it to a long line of moochers, pork barrel hustlers and ne'er-do-wells. These funds would otherwise have been employed as additional capital indispensable to economic progress.

Nothing is more difficult than to make a profit.

Bureaucracy by its nature resists change and nullifies progress.

Good times weaken belief.

Government is no more than taxpayers hiring the most inefficient organization to do the job.

Investors believe in the best possible outcome.

Those who live off of the donations of capitalism are often its greatest critics.

Young atheists abound, but old atheists are rare.

The only reasonable outcome of a nation's sins is to learn not to repeat them.

Better to build orphanages than prisons.

To succeed in business, put the interest of the customer ahead of your own.

Government employees move up the ladder through educational credentials rather than merit. People are given jobs and promotions based on seniority, race and gender rather than ability or talent. Such a system often overlooks the deserving and rewards the incompetent. There is no payoff for achievement.

Employers know the nature of people best.

Liars seldom believe anyone else.

Incompetent government embraces hiring quotas, thus furthering their incompetence.

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