Peter Brimelow Quotes & Sayings

The problem with K-12 education is socialism and the solution is capitalism. — Peter Brimelow

I think Bush has capitulated on affirmative action and government spending. Apart from that, he's OK, I guess. About the same as Howard Dean. — Peter Brimelow

Pierre Trudeau was too much of a professional politician to be described as a good man, nor, it can be argued despite much pubilicity to the contrary, was he a particularly clever or even wise one. But he was a great man, perhaps the gratest Canada has produced in this century. — Peter Brimelow

I regard many of the neoconservatives as personal friends, but that's not stopped them from behaving with extraordinary viciousness towards those of us who raised the immigration issue. — Peter Brimelow

I think the Republicans are subverted by the fact that so many of their leaders send their kids to private schools, they don't really have the stomach for the fight. — Peter Brimelow

If you're going to have a public subsidy to education, vouchers are clearly a better way of delivering it. They should result in some loosening up and privatization of the government school system. — Peter Brimelow

If you are unfortunate enough to be involved in legal action, you've got to realize that it's a three-way fight: There's you, there's your opponent, and there's your lawyer. And your lawyer is not on your side. His job is to get as much money as possible out of you, frequently in collusion with the other side's lawyer, and then move on to another client. — Peter Brimelow

There's no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and that's allocated according to political muscle. — Peter Brimelow

the modern age the definition of a "racist" is a conservative who is winning an argument. — Peter Brimelow

Immigration enthusiasts are so hysterical. — Peter Brimelow

Hey, nothing grows to the sky. There will be a successor movement. Right now it's nascent. — Peter Brimelow

I think Bush's immigration proposal is treason and he should be impeached. — Peter Brimelow

I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases. — Peter Brimelow

The real boneheads are the libertarians. — Peter Brimelow

I think the Iraq War is not particularly tailored to American interests. — Peter Brimelow

Textbook publishers don't even bother to advertise at their conventions. — Peter Brimelow

Why can't teachers end up owning schools, the way waiters can open their own restaurants? — Peter Brimelow

A nation is an organic thing. — Peter Brimelow

This type of mass influx is simply too much to handle. What we've had since the disaster of the 1965 Immigration Act will take 100 years or more to absorb. — Peter Brimelow

I suppose the White House thinks it's doing what Big Business wants, but it will lead to vastly increased taxes, because all these guest workers are to be allowed to bring their children. — Peter Brimelow

I think good teachers are underpaid. — Peter Brimelow

I've been a financial journalist for 30 years. — Peter Brimelow

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members. — Peter Brimelow