Catching Rain

Catching Rain: Pursuit of Liberty

Fashions
by: Henry David Thoreau

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

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A Call for Revolution?
by: Ron Paul

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The enemy
by: F.A. Hayek

The enemy, whether he be internal ... or external,
seems to be an indispensable requisite in the armory of a totalitarian leader.

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The ranks of the totalitarian party
by: F.A. Hayek

...he will be able to obtain the support of all the docile and gullible, who have no strong convictions of their own but are prepared to accept a ready-made system of values if it is only drummed into their ears sufficiently loudly and frequently. It will be those whose vague and imperfectly formed ideas are easily swayed and whose passions and emotions are readily aroused who will thus swell the ranks of the totalitarian party.

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Education
by: F.A. Hayek

...and, with the decline of the understanding of the way in which the free system worked,
our awareness of what depended on its existence also decreased.

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Dogs
by: Pink Floyd

You have to be trusted,
by the people that you lie to,
so that when they turn their backs on you,
you'll get the chance put the knife in.

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