My Personal Credo
I believe reason is superior to faith, and science superior to superstition.
I believe the individual who is free to make their own choices is better off than those who are not, provided they respects the equal rights of others.
I believe the one thing worse than someone who incompetently manages his own life is someone who incompetently manages the lives of others.
I believe solutions sought out in fear are usually more destructive than the monster or threat, often imaginary, that inspires them.
I believe trade is far more beneficial than bombs.
I believe in being charitable and there is often nothing more lethal than charity. The difficulty is knowing one from the other.
I believe we should treat children with all the respect we demand from them, and then some.
I believe the only way we can have our own freedom and rights is to protect the freedom and rights of others — especially those we dislike.
I believe a government that doesn’t trust its own people — finding it necessary to spy on them — is itself a government that cannot be trusted.
I believe the politician who is obsessed with power is the one who can’t be trusted with it.
I believe every individual is an end in themself and not an a means to my ends, or those of others.
I believe power in the hands of those certain they are right is more dangerous than in the hands of those who know they are wrong.
I believe those obsessed with the sexual morality of others are the ones with the most to hide.
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