It's vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do.
The thought of how far the human race would have advanced without government simply staggers the imagination.
Over two thousand years ago, Aristotle taught us that money should be durable, divisible, consistent, convenient, and value in itself. It should be durable, which is why wheat isn't money; divisible which is why works of art are not money; consistent which is why real estate isn't money; convenient, which is why lead isn't money; value in itself, which is why paper shouldn't be money. Gold answers to all these criteria.
Do all that you say you are going to do and don't aggress against other people or their property. That's the whole of the law. I can live with a law like that.
So-called 'higher education' is a veritable magnet for second-raters and actively destructive parasites bent on promoting unsound ideas to the inexperienced and gullible. The concentrate in areas like social studies, literature, and art - where opinion reigns supreme. And I find their opinions almost universally appalling.
Trusting the government with money creation is like trusting a drunk with a whiskey factory.
Throughout history government has served as a vehicle for the organization of hatred and oppression, benefiting no one except those who are ambitious and ruthless enough to gain control of it.
I had learned to harness ignorance with presumption. I was ready to become an unacknowledged watercolorist.
One of the reasons I write about religion is due to my own envy of people who truly feel the presence of god in their lives, good souls who believe devoutly in a supreme being and an afterlife.
Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact of a major loss.
Everything is a gift from God: it is only by recognizing this crucial dependence on the Creator that we will find freedom and peace.