Quotes by John McCarthy

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If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments.

John McCarthy

It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into.

John McCarthy

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance.

John McCarthy

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated.

John McCarthy

The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement.

John McCarthy

Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.

John McCarthy

An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth.

John McCarthy

He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.

John McCarthy

When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace.

John McCarthy

A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest.

John McCarthy

Hard distinctions make bad philosophy.

John McCarthy

Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor.

John McCarthy

Language is froth on the surface of thought.

John McCarthy

Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig.

John McCarthy

Compassion is contempt with a human face.

John McCarthy

Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side.

John McCarthy

Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives.

John McCarthy

The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'.

John McCarthy

Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.

John McCarthy

My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling.

John McCarthy