
A Conversation with Alain Bertaud
On scooters, shrinking cities, and the future of urban development.
On scooters, shrinking cities, and the future of urban development.
“I would bet that in most of your classes, there’s a glaring void and a lack of a theologically conservative, as opposed to politically conservative, religious point of view.”
“When I grew up, for instance, I learned never to send a check in the mail because it would be stolen and cashed by someone else.”
“Those who protest aren’t losing anything, the ones who lose are we who work, who produce, and they aren’t producing anything in their marches, other than harms and damages.”
“It’s really easy to think you know everything because you went to a conference or because you read a paper. That doesn’t mean you know about everything.”
“I think my job is to be as good a lawyer as the best lawyers. And to be as good a journalist as the best journalists. And I fail at both on a regular basis, but that is the job.”
“It is much easier to say, “do X regardless” than to say, “do X if circumstances are such-and-such, do Y if they are such-and-such, and Z otherwise.”
The Libertarian Party candidate discusses his plan to abolish the federal government