I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President The progenitor of objectivism as a way of life is Ayn Rand, A Russian-American writer who describes it as “the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own
The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but how it thinks. — Christopher Hitchens, American critic The Big Uneasy in Malaysia today is the lack of telos (Greek) — ultimate aim or goal — which evidences cognitive distortions in leadership actively engaged in rearranging the
Malaysians are concerned and disconcerted over the unelected appointment of the ninth prime minister, the proclamation of an emergency, and the immediate remedies for jump-starting the grunts, groans and gasps of the national economy. The only comfort and solace reposes in the theatre and drama of the Federal Constitution (FC)
Misinformation is a virus unto itself. – Brianna Keilar, Australian-American commentator Reuters reports that a Danish national was the first to be convicted under Malaysia’s Anti-Fake News Bill of April 2018 for making a video clip that accused the police for taking 50 minutes to respond to a shooting incident.
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. – Louis D Brandeis, former Justice of the United States Supreme Court The Federal Constitution (FC), the supreme law of the land, at Article 160, defines “Aborigine” but omits “Native” which can only be gleaned at
No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat. — Sophocles, Greek playwright The Vienna Convention’s Article 2(1)(a) on the Law of Treaties defines a ‘treaty’ as “a binding international agreement concluded between sovereign states (nations or countries) in written form and governed by international law.” MA63 sits uncomfortably under
A good deed never goes unpunished. — Gore Vidal, American critic and writer America awakened to a new hope and trust in elected officials when John F Kennedy spoke of the “. . . revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought for . . .” in his inaugural address. Tragically, bullet
There is a saying that if you want to catch a deadly cobra, don’t send a snake charmer, send a mongoose. This got me thinking of this Covid-19 death wish christened a “plannedemic” by western media because, allegedly, someone in Wuhan, China, released this laboratory-made microbe with the intention of
If you tell the truth you don’t have to rely upon a good memory. – Mark Twain, American novelist Professionals and intellectuals supposedly steer the thinking of lesser mortals in a curious quest for self-esteem. The common man usually looks up to them as they don many hats as agents
Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is. – Goethe, German philosopher From cradle to grave we are obsessed with a diet of a vast assortment of information by family, peers, educational institutions, employers, the media, the medical profession including the pharmaceutical industry, and of course,
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