June 24, 2010

Scalia Notes Ways of Tyrants

[From Speech]
"remember this — neither Hitler, nor Lenin, nor any despot you could name, ever came forward with a proposal that read, ‘Now, let’s create a really oppressive and evil society.’ Hitler said, ‘Let’s take the means necessary to restore our national pride and civic order.’ And Lenin said, ‘Let’s take the means necessary to assure a fair distribution of the goods of the world.’"

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/advice_for_new_grad_weXZe5ZSzYVP0eTDs35xuM

Advice for a new grad
By JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA
New York Post
Last Updated: 3:49 AM, June 20, 2010
Posted: 1:06 AM, June 20, 2010

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