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“Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.” Justice Robert H. Jackson African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz ThisRead more

“When a government controls both the economic power of individuals and the coercive power of the state …this violates a fundamental rule of happy living: Never let the people with all the money and the people with all the guns be the same people.” P. J. O’Rourke African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quizRead more

“There is in all of us a strong disposition to believe that anything lawful is also legitimate. This belief is so widespread that many persons have erroneously held that things are ‘just’ because the law makes them so.” Frederic Bastiat African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz Top Gun Pilot Jerauld Gentry standing inRead more

“The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error and discover truth. There may be other ways of detecting error and discovering truth than that of free discussion, but so far we have not found them.” Henry Steele CommagerRead more

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” George Washington African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz The Goodyear Inflatoplane was an inflatable experimental aircraft made by the Goodyear Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company, well known forRead more

“Creation comes before distribution or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the need of any possible beneficiary.” Ayn Rand African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Please send your answers to me: editor@africanpilot.co.za and I will publish the namesRead more

“Journalists cannot serve two masters. To the extent that they take on the task of suppressing information or biting their tongue for the sake of some political agenda, they are betraying the trust of the public and corrupting their own profession.” Thomas Sowell African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz The Douglas X-3 StilettoRead more

“Patterning your life around other’s opinions is nothing more than slavery.” Lawana Blackwell African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Please send your answers to me: editor@africanpilot.co.za and I will publish the names of all those that identified the aircraft correctly in the Thursday edition ofRead more

“The proverb: “A fish rots from the head down” seems specific to the deterioration of the South African Police Services, their integrity and their culture.” Today is the 1st of April and under normal circumstances I would provide you with an April fool’s joke, but under the present COVID-19 lockdown situation, this would probably beRead more