If You Act Now, You Can Also Receive This Free Toaster
Posted on September 24th, 2008
by Daniel Larison |
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“I must tell you, there are those in the public debate who have said that we must act now. The last time I heard that, I was on a used-car lot,” said Rep. Mike Pence, R-Indiana. “The truth is, every time somebody tells you that you’ve got to do the deal right now, it usually means they’re going to get the better part of the deal.” ~CNN
Via Ilya Somin
Haste is the state’s greatest ally, and delay is the shield of the people. As I said yesterday:
A useful thing to remember in the days to come: whenever someone yells about an impending catastrophe, he is probably either trying to sell you something or trying to steal something from you.
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Generally, I’m not such a fan of Pence (perhaps, childishly, in part, out of bitterness of his rejection of his Irish Catholicism; also, because, well, he’s a Republican; he does read Adam Smith, I’ve read, which is better than it could be, but I’d prefer he read Burke), but, today, reading this, I’m glad to see that a representative from my state has offered something so true, if not particularly intellectually wowing, to the debate.