The new year has barely begun, but the competition for the coveted A Beginner’s Guide to Freedom Political Quote of the Year Award is already heating up! Here are a few gems that will certainly be in the running when the final votes are tallied:
“Whatever the future holds, for me his role will always be that of a rebel angel.”
-Naomi Campbell, describing Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez after her interview with him for British GQ magazine. Although she’s now officially part of the Useful Idiots Club, I for one think her description of Chavez as a “rebel angel” is spot on – after all, the original rebel angel was Lucifer. Kudos to Naomi for recognizing the similarities between the two (and for going an entire week without throwing a phone at anyone).
“I say you have to be true to yourself. No one story is the same as any other story. I don’t know your reality. I can’t possibly substitute my judgment for yours. You have to do what is right for you and that may not be what anybody else believes.”
-Hillary Clinton on The Tyra Banks Show, giving her expert advice to women with cheating husbands. If she applied this same principle consistently, she’d be a libertarian. It’s a very succinct justification for the free market and individual liberty, and it nicely summarizes why government “solutions” don’t work.
“I will not allow them to come and survey my land. I have an American-given right to protect my property.”
-Eloisa Tamez, on why she will not meekly surrender her land to the federal government for the construction of a border fence.
“Can we simply abandon an enterprise because it is a problem for a particular individual? I don’t think I can accept that.”
-Michael Chertoff, Director of Homeland Security, on why Eloisa needs to get over her love of liberty and individual rights.
Be sure to send your entries for Political Quote of the Year to: stephen.smith@abeginnersguidetofreedom.com. Entries must be received no later than midnight Central time on December 31, 2008. Offer void in AK, HI, and where prohibited by law. Must be 18 or older to enter.
