A Few Great Lines on Envrionmentalism and an Even Better Line on Govt.

The first two are reader comments from a blog post at the Objective Standard:

"Environmentalism-- real environmentalism, not the bitter nonsense crackpots blabber on about in cheap magazines and blogs-- promotes individuals' rights to not be punished by the negligence of others, just as you might ask your upstairs neighbor to repair his leaking pipes if your ceiling is dripping."

"Had the environmentalist mentality prevailed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, we would have had no Industrial Revolution, a situation that consistent environmentalists would cheer--at least those few who might have managed to survive without the life-saving benefits of modern science and technology."

This one is from an article on limited government.  Unfortunately, I forgot to write down the source for due credit.  Whoever you are, it's a great line, and I only take credit for forwarding the cause.

"The purpose of government is to protect the rights of every individual, not bestow upon whomever proclaims to be "the people"the power to dictate to others how to live their lives."