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Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek was born on this day, on May 8, 1899.
“Conservatism, though a necessary element in any stable society, is not a social program; in its paternalistic, nationalistic and power adoring tendencies it is often closer to socialism than true liberalism.” #qotd
“Conservatism, though a necessary element in any stable society, is not a social program; in its paternalistic, nationalistic and power adoring tendencies it is often closer to socialism than true liberalism.” #qotd
May 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek was born on this day, on May 8, 1899.
“Conservatism, though a necessary element in any stable society, is not a social program; in its paternalistic, nationalistic and power adoring tendencies it is often closer to socialism than true liberalism.” #qotd
“Conservatism, though a necessary element in any stable society, is not a social program; in its paternalistic, nationalistic and power adoring tendencies it is often closer to socialism than true liberalism.” #qotd
Israeli politician Golda Meir was born on this day, on May 3, 1898. Prime Minister 1969-74.
“I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.” #qotd
“I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.” #qotd
May 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Israeli politician Golda Meir was born on this day, on May 3, 1898. Prime Minister 1969-74.
“I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.” #qotd
“I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.” #qotd
British general Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, was born on this day, on May 1, 1769.
“I found the English regiments always in the best humour when we were well supplied with beef; the Irish when we were in the wine countries, and the Scotch when the dollars for pay came up.” #qotd
“I found the English regiments always in the best humour when we were well supplied with beef; the Irish when we were in the wine countries, and the Scotch when the dollars for pay came up.” #qotd
April 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
British general Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, was born on this day, on May 1, 1769.
“I found the English regiments always in the best humour when we were well supplied with beef; the Irish when we were in the wine countries, and the Scotch when the dollars for pay came up.” #qotd
“I found the English regiments always in the best humour when we were well supplied with beef; the Irish when we were in the wine countries, and the Scotch when the dollars for pay came up.” #qotd
British writer Mary Wollstonecraft was born on this day, on April 27, 1759.
“A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous.” #qotd
“A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous.” #qotd
April 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
British writer Mary Wollstonecraft was born on this day, on April 27, 1759.
“A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous.” #qotd
“A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous.” #qotd
English general and politician Oliver Cromwell was born on this day, on April 25, 1599.
“I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that you call a Gentleman and is nothing else.” #qotd
“I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that you call a Gentleman and is nothing else.” #qotd
April 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
English general and politician Oliver Cromwell was born on this day, on April 25, 1599.
“I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that you call a Gentleman and is nothing else.” #qotd
“I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that you call a Gentleman and is nothing else.” #qotd
British writer Anthony Trollope was born on this day, on April 24, 1815.
“Above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning.” #qotd
“Above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning.” #qotd
April 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
British writer Anthony Trollope was born on this day, on April 24, 1815.
“Above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning.” #qotd
“Above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning.” #qotd
German scientist Max Planck was born on this day, on April 23, 1858.
“The first and most important quality of all scientific ways of thinking must be the clear distinction between the outer object of observation and the subjective nature of the observer.” #qotd
“The first and most important quality of all scientific ways of thinking must be the clear distinction between the outer object of observation and the subjective nature of the observer.” #qotd
April 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
German scientist Max Planck was born on this day, on April 23, 1858.
“The first and most important quality of all scientific ways of thinking must be the clear distinction between the outer object of observation and the subjective nature of the observer.” #qotd
“The first and most important quality of all scientific ways of thinking must be the clear distinction between the outer object of observation and the subjective nature of the observer.” #qotd
Max Weber was born on this day, on April 21, 1864.
“The capacity to distinguish between empirical knowledge and value-judgments, and the fulfillment of the scientific duty to see the factual truth as well as the practical duty to stand up for our own ideals, is the program we adhere to.” #qotd
“The capacity to distinguish between empirical knowledge and value-judgments, and the fulfillment of the scientific duty to see the factual truth as well as the practical duty to stand up for our own ideals, is the program we adhere to.” #qotd
April 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Max Weber was born on this day, on April 21, 1864.
“The capacity to distinguish between empirical knowledge and value-judgments, and the fulfillment of the scientific duty to see the factual truth as well as the practical duty to stand up for our own ideals, is the program we adhere to.” #qotd
“The capacity to distinguish between empirical knowledge and value-judgments, and the fulfillment of the scientific duty to see the factual truth as well as the practical duty to stand up for our own ideals, is the program we adhere to.” #qotd
British economist David Ricardo was born on this day, on April 18, 1772.
“The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.” #qotd
“The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.” #qotd
April 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
British economist David Ricardo was born on this day, on April 18, 1772.
“The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.” #qotd
“The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.” #qotd
Italian scientist and artist Leonardo da Vinci was born on this day, on April 15, 1452.
“It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters.” #qotd
“It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters.” #qotd
April 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Italian scientist and artist Leonardo da Vinci was born on this day, on April 15, 1452.
“It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters.” #qotd
“It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters.” #qotd
Christiaan Huygens was born on this day, on April 14, 1629.
“A man of Copernicus’s opinion, that this Earth of ours is a planet, carried round and enlightened by the Sun, like the rest of the planets, cannot but sometimes think, that perhaps the rest of the planets have inhabitants too” #qotd
“A man of Copernicus’s opinion, that this Earth of ours is a planet, carried round and enlightened by the Sun, like the rest of the planets, cannot but sometimes think, that perhaps the rest of the planets have inhabitants too” #qotd
April 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Christiaan Huygens was born on this day, on April 14, 1629.
“A man of Copernicus’s opinion, that this Earth of ours is a planet, carried round and enlightened by the Sun, like the rest of the planets, cannot but sometimes think, that perhaps the rest of the planets have inhabitants too” #qotd
“A man of Copernicus’s opinion, that this Earth of ours is a planet, carried round and enlightened by the Sun, like the rest of the planets, cannot but sometimes think, that perhaps the rest of the planets have inhabitants too” #qotd
American politician Thomas Jefferson was born on this day, on April 13, 1743.
“If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send 150 lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour?” #qotd
“If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send 150 lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour?” #qotd
April 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
American politician Thomas Jefferson was born on this day, on April 13, 1743.
“If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send 150 lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour?” #qotd
“If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send 150 lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour?” #qotd
American politician Henry Clay was born on this day on April 12, 1777.
“The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.” (1834) #qotd
“The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.” (1834) #qotd
April 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
American politician Henry Clay was born on this day on April 12, 1777.
“The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.” (1834) #qotd
“The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.” (1834) #qotd
American diplomat Dean Acheson was born on this day, on April 11, 1893. US Secretary of State 1949-53.
“The conclusion was unpalatable to believers in American omnipotence, to whom every goal unattained is explicable only by incompetence or treason.” #qotd
“The conclusion was unpalatable to believers in American omnipotence, to whom every goal unattained is explicable only by incompetence or treason.” #qotd
April 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
American diplomat Dean Acheson was born on this day, on April 11, 1893. US Secretary of State 1949-53.
“The conclusion was unpalatable to believers in American omnipotence, to whom every goal unattained is explicable only by incompetence or treason.” #qotd
“The conclusion was unpalatable to believers in American omnipotence, to whom every goal unattained is explicable only by incompetence or treason.” #qotd
US Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins was born on this day on April 10, 1880.
“You showed me which, of all the ‘hats’ a social worker wears, suits me best. You convinced me that man-made evils can be corrected if people can be made to care enough. I intend to make them, if it’s in my power.” #qotd
“You showed me which, of all the ‘hats’ a social worker wears, suits me best. You convinced me that man-made evils can be corrected if people can be made to care enough. I intend to make them, if it’s in my power.” #qotd
April 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
US Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins was born on this day on April 10, 1880.
“You showed me which, of all the ‘hats’ a social worker wears, suits me best. You convinced me that man-made evils can be corrected if people can be made to care enough. I intend to make them, if it’s in my power.” #qotd
“You showed me which, of all the ‘hats’ a social worker wears, suits me best. You convinced me that man-made evils can be corrected if people can be made to care enough. I intend to make them, if it’s in my power.” #qotd
British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born this day, on April 9, 1809.
The government should not “embarrass and shackle the progress of improvement tomorrow by recording and registering as law the prejudices or errors of today.” #qotd
The government should not “embarrass and shackle the progress of improvement tomorrow by recording and registering as law the prejudices or errors of today.” #qotd
April 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born this day, on April 9, 1809.
The government should not “embarrass and shackle the progress of improvement tomorrow by recording and registering as law the prejudices or errors of today.” #qotd
The government should not “embarrass and shackle the progress of improvement tomorrow by recording and registering as law the prejudices or errors of today.” #qotd
James Mill was born on this day on April 6, 1773.
“Forming opinions without evidence is one of the most immoral habits of the mind. As our opinions are the fathers of our actions, to be indifferent about the evidence of our opinions is to be indifferent about the consequences of our actions.” #qotd
“Forming opinions without evidence is one of the most immoral habits of the mind. As our opinions are the fathers of our actions, to be indifferent about the evidence of our opinions is to be indifferent about the consequences of our actions.” #qotd
April 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
James Mill was born on this day on April 6, 1773.
“Forming opinions without evidence is one of the most immoral habits of the mind. As our opinions are the fathers of our actions, to be indifferent about the evidence of our opinions is to be indifferent about the consequences of our actions.” #qotd
“Forming opinions without evidence is one of the most immoral habits of the mind. As our opinions are the fathers of our actions, to be indifferent about the evidence of our opinions is to be indifferent about the consequences of our actions.” #qotd
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes was born on this day, on April 5, 1588.
“Science is the knowledge of Consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another: by which, out of that we can presently do, we know how to do something else when we will, or the like, another time.” #qotd
“Science is the knowledge of Consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another: by which, out of that we can presently do, we know how to do something else when we will, or the like, another time.” #qotd
April 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes was born on this day, on April 5, 1588.
“Science is the knowledge of Consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another: by which, out of that we can presently do, we know how to do something else when we will, or the like, another time.” #qotd
“Science is the knowledge of Consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another: by which, out of that we can presently do, we know how to do something else when we will, or the like, another time.” #qotd
German leader Otto von Bismarck was born on this day, on April 1, 1815.
“They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.” #qotd
“They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.” #qotd
March 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
German leader Otto von Bismarck was born on this day, on April 1, 1815.
“They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.” #qotd
“They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.” #qotd
American scientist Rachel Carson was born this day, on March 27, 1907.
“If there is poetry in my book about the sea, it is not because I deliberately put it there, but because no one could write truthfully about the sea and leave out the poetry.” #qotd
“If there is poetry in my book about the sea, it is not because I deliberately put it there, but because no one could write truthfully about the sea and leave out the poetry.” #qotd
March 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
American scientist Rachel Carson was born this day, on March 27, 1907.
“If there is poetry in my book about the sea, it is not because I deliberately put it there, but because no one could write truthfully about the sea and leave out the poetry.” #qotd
“If there is poetry in my book about the sea, it is not because I deliberately put it there, but because no one could write truthfully about the sea and leave out the poetry.” #qotd
US judge Sandra Day O’Connor was born on this day on March 26, 1930.
“It is not the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have changed. I understand the difference between legislating and judging. As a judge it is not my function to develop public policy.” #qotd
“It is not the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have changed. I understand the difference between legislating and judging. As a judge it is not my function to develop public policy.” #qotd
March 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
US judge Sandra Day O’Connor was born on this day on March 26, 1930.
“It is not the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have changed. I understand the difference between legislating and judging. As a judge it is not my function to develop public policy.” #qotd
“It is not the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have changed. I understand the difference between legislating and judging. As a judge it is not my function to develop public policy.” #qotd
British historian A. J. P. Taylor was born on this day, on March 25, 1906.
“Injustice occurs in free states as in despotic states... The difference between free and unfree countries is that in the free country there are always men who will champion the unpopular cause at whatever the cost.”
“Injustice occurs in free states as in despotic states... The difference between free and unfree countries is that in the free country there are always men who will champion the unpopular cause at whatever the cost.”
March 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
British historian A. J. P. Taylor was born on this day, on March 25, 1906.
“Injustice occurs in free states as in despotic states... The difference between free and unfree countries is that in the free country there are always men who will champion the unpopular cause at whatever the cost.”
“Injustice occurs in free states as in despotic states... The difference between free and unfree countries is that in the free country there are always men who will champion the unpopular cause at whatever the cost.”
Mexican politician Benito Juárez was born this day, on March 21, 1806. President of Mexico 1858-1872.
“Among individuals as among nations, when there is respect, there is peace.” #qotd
“Among individuals as among nations, when there is respect, there is peace.” #qotd
March 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Mexican politician Benito Juárez was born this day, on March 21, 1806. President of Mexico 1858-1872.
“Among individuals as among nations, when there is respect, there is peace.” #qotd
“Among individuals as among nations, when there is respect, there is peace.” #qotd
Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen was born on this day, on March 20, 1828.
“To live is to battle the demons in the heart as well as the brain. To write is to preside at judgement day over one’s self.” #qotd
“To live is to battle the demons in the heart as well as the brain. To write is to preside at judgement day over one’s self.” #qotd
March 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen was born on this day, on March 20, 1828.
“To live is to battle the demons in the heart as well as the brain. To write is to preside at judgement day over one’s self.” #qotd
“To live is to battle the demons in the heart as well as the brain. To write is to preside at judgement day over one’s self.” #qotd
American politician and judge Earl Warren was born on this day, on March 19, 1891. US Chief Justice 1953-69.
“You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little fellow and $50, it involves justice. That’s what is important.” #qotd
“You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little fellow and $50, it involves justice. That’s what is important.” #qotd
March 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
American politician and judge Earl Warren was born on this day, on March 19, 1891. US Chief Justice 1953-69.
“You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little fellow and $50, it involves justice. That’s what is important.” #qotd
“You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little fellow and $50, it involves justice. That’s what is important.” #qotd