Janice Rogers Brown Quote of the Day

October 30, 2005
7:25 pm
Posted in: Politics
Salt, JRB, Lime

You know the drill. Put some salt on the back of your hand, lick it, and then read.

Collectivism provided the 20th century answer to a question very different from the one our Constitution resolved. The new question was how to achieve cosmic justice — sometimes referred to as social justice — a world of perfect social and economic equality. Such an ambitious proposal sees no limit to man’s capacity to reason. It presupposes a community can consciously design not only improved political, economic, and social systems, but new and improved human beings as well.

Janice Rogers Brown

Okay, now bite a lime wedge.

2 Responses to “Janice Rogers Brown Quote of the Day”

  1. [...] I just have to ape Mark Jaquith on the South Park reference when it comes to his SCOTUS pick… Red rocket, red rocket, red rocket… Janice Rogers Brown exhibits judicial sarcasm! We all know the Senate’s drill, though. Just the coming of the “J” sound would bring cries of filibuster. [...]

  2. [...] Via Tempis Fugit: Collectivism provided the 20th century answer to a question very different from the one our Constitution resolved. The new question was how to achieve cosmic justice — sometimes referred to as social justice — a world of perfect social and economic equality. Such an ambitious proposal sees no limit to man’s capacity to reason. It presupposes a community can consciously design not only improved political, economic, and social systems, but new and improved human beings as well. [...]

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