L. Neil Smith
L. Neil Smith
L. Neil Smith should not be confused with J. Neil Schulman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth12 May 1946
CountryUnited States of America
L. Neil Smith quotes about
states collectives incapable
Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.
government privilege existence
I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.
successful light sight
The most dangerous and successful conspiracies take place in public, in plain sight, under the clear, bright light of day -- usually with TV cameras focused on them.
media government vaseline
The function of government is to provide you with service; the function of the media is to supply the Vaseline.
children men rifles
Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon -- rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- any time, any place, without asking anyone's permission.
tired government media
I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.
media firsts first-amendment
As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be.
bravery goes-on capacity
And yet, what is bravery but the capacity to reject our fears, ignore and supress them, then go on to do whatever it is we are afraid to do.
war government people
Government is waging war against the people.
jobs winning presidential
A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it isn't the job of a libertarian presidential candidate to cook up new ways to commit theft.
media people looks
People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
years dinosaurs asteroids
This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs.
home gun house
Wear a gun to someone else's house, you're saying, 'I'll defend this home as if it were my own.' When your guests see you carry a weapon, you're telling them, 'I'll defend you as if you were my own family.' And anyone who objects levels the deadliest insult possible: 'I don't trust you unless you're rendered harmless'!
talking people soapbox
As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to talking back to the merchants of fear.