“If there is a bibliographic equivalent of alcoholism, many librarians have it.”

“How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.”

“PROPER ROLE OF THE STATE
     I believe that the proper role of the state is negative, not positive; defensive, not aggressive. It is to protect, not to provide; for if the state is granted the power to provide for some, it must also be able to take from others, and that always leads to legalized plunder and loss of freedom. If the state can give us everything we want, it also must be powerful enough to take from us everything we have. Therefore, the proper function of the state is to protect the lives, liberty, and property of its citizens, nothing more. That state is best which governs least.”

“Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive”

“Error is better than apathy. Error can be corrected in time to change the outcome. Apathy is seldom corrected until it is too late.”

“To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.”

“I'll just hang upside down from the wire banana and throw bags of flour at the librarians.”