In the whole history of capitalism, no one has been able to establish a coercive monopoly by means of competition in a free market...Every single coercive monopoly that exists or ever has existed...was created and made possible only by an act of government...which granted special privileges (not obtainable in a free market) to a man or a group of men, and forbade all others to enter that particular field.
Nathaniel BrandenA bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness.
Nathaniel BrandenIf you are terrified of making mistakes, you will be reluctant to acknowledge them when you do make them-and therefore you will not correct them.
Nathaniel BrandenWhat is guilt? It is moral self-reproach-I did wrong when it was possible to have done otherwise.
Nathaniel Branden