James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook FRS RNwas a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth27 October 1728
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Taking money from job creating entrepreneurs and giving it to ever-failing government programs has to be the ultimate in economic illiteracy.
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Nothing in life is guaranteed, including government guarantees.
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You cannot rectify grievances from the past with today's charity.
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Our contemporary brand of socialism has one fatal flaw. It's too expensive. When you try to shower benefits on so many recipients, you eventually must resort to subterfuge. Foremost among those tricks is money and credit expansion. Inevitably, you debase your currency.
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Knaves will come and knaves will go.
When you are aggrieved you learn.
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Any nation that allows the government to dominate its monetary and economic policies will ultimately suffer grave consequences.
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Government is no more than taxpayers hiring the most inefficient organization to do the job.
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Struggle is the architect of the soul.
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In any given age it is only a few extremists who are right.
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Suffering perfects the soul.
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The eleventh commandment: Thou shalt be tolerant of all paths that lead to God.
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Nations that embrace the free market to the greatest extent prosper the most.
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Bureaucracy by its nature resists change and nullifies progress.